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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii

Authors: Morgan J. Edwards, Charlotte A. Hosie, Laura Naidenov, Eluned Price, Tessa E. Smith, Dominic Wormell, Christina R. Stanley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity

2024

Assessing the impact of environmental enrichment on behavior in understudied armadillo species: A case study

Authors: Robert Kelly, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, zoo behavior

2023

Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae

Authors: Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irene Vonfeld, Benoit Quintard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change

2023

Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population

Authors: Jonas R. R. Torfs, Marcel Eens, Daan W. Laméris, Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Jean-Pascal Guery, Nicky Staes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass

2023

Estimates of locomotion in Asian elephants Elephas maximus using video monitoring at Dublin Zoo, Ireland

Authors: Alison Brady, Barry J McMahon, Favel Naulty

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: CCTV video, elephas maximus, locomotion, zoo

2021

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Daryl Codron, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant

2019

Which Wild Aardvarks Are Most Suitable for Outdoor Enclosures in Zoological Gardens in the European Union?

Authors: Jiří Patoka, Markéta Vejtrubová, Vladimír Vrabec, Renata Masopustová

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, climate, movement activity, orycteropus afer, temperature

2018

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Initial outcomes of a harmonized approach to collect welfare data in sport and leisure horses

Authors: E. Dalla Costa, F. Dai, D. Lebelt, P. Scholz, S. Barbieri, E. Canali, M. Minero

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: agriculture, animal-based indicator, awin, behavior, dairy & animal science, data collection, health, horse, obesity, prevalence, responses, tests, validation, veterinary sciences, welfare assessment

2017

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