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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.
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Survey of Geriatric Elephant Medical Care, Nutrition, Husbandry, and Welfare

Authors: Whitney Greene, Deena Brenner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: elephants, geriatric

2020

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019

Training giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) for front foot radiographs and hoof care

Authors: Liza I. Dadone, Amy Schilz, Susan G. Friedman, Jason Bredahl, Steve Foxworth, Bob Chastain

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: foot radiographs, hoof care, lameness, operant training, restricted contact

2016

The prevalence of osteoarthritis in wild versus captive great ape skeletons

Authors: Demelza J. Poe

Publication/Journal: Department of Anthropology

Keywords: aging, animal models, apes, bone analysis, chimpanzee, disease, diseases, dissertation/thesis, gorilla, medical anthropology, orangutan, osteoarthritis, wild vs captive

2009

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