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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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Stress behaviors in captive robust capuchins: Effects of humidity, visitors, management and sex

Authors: Marina de la Barrera Cardozo, Wagner A Chiba de Castro, Lucas M Aguiar

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity budget, humidity, robust capuchins, space, stress behavior, visitor effect

2021

Aspects of digestive anatomy, feed intake and digestion in the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) at Taipei zoo

Authors: Mei Fong Lin, Chi-Yen Chang, Ci Wen Yang, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chitin, diet, fiber, insectivore, nutrition

2015

Tadpole nutritional ecology and digestive physiology: Implications for captive rearing of larval anurans

Authors: Gregory S. Pryor

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian declines, anuran larvae, captive breeding, dietary habits, feeding strategies

2014

How to spend a token? Trade-offs between food variety and food preference in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Authors: Addessi, E. Mancini, A. Crescimbene, L. Ariely, D. Visalberghi, E.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, diversity, omnivorous, preference, selection, variety token, variety-seeking

2010

Informative Breath: Olfactory Cues Sought During Social Foraging Among Old World Monkeys (Mandrillus sphinx, M. leucophaeus, and Papio anubis)

Authors: Mark E. Laidre

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chemical communication, ecological cognition, forag- ing behavior, primate socioecology, social learning

2009

Food variety-seeking in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Authors: Elsa Addessi

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: capuchin monkeys, feeding behaviour, monotony, sensory specific satiety, variety-seeking

2008

The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus

Authors: Marcus Piep, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann, Sabine Schmidt, Björn M. Siemers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: foraging, grey mouse lemur, insectivorous, microcebus murinus, prey detection, primates, sensory ecology

2008

Feed intake and digestion in the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus): Consequences for dietary management

Authors: Perry S. Barboza, Mary E. Allen, Melissa Rodden, Kim Pojeta

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cystinuria, digestibility, dog, nutrition, protein

1994

Monitoring fecal samples for estrogen excretion across the ovarian cycle in Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico goeldii)

Authors: C. R. Pryce, F. Schwarzenberger, M. Döbeli

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation, ovarian cyclicity

1994

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