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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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Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles

Authors: Zachary V. Johnson, Hasse Walum, Yaseen A. Jamal, Yao Xiao, Alaine C. Keebaugh, Kiyoshi Inoue, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network

2016

Serotonin 1A agonism decreases affiliative behavior in pair-bonded titi monkeys

Authors: Rebecca H. Larke, Nicole Maninger, Benjamin J. Ragen, Sally P. Mendoza, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: 8-oh-dpat, cortisol, monogamy, oxytocin, pair-bonding, primate, social behavior, vasopressin

2016

Neuropeptidergic regulation of pair-bonding and stress buffering: Lessons from voles

Authors: Kyle Gobrogge, Zuoxin Wang

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, autism, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, depression, dopamine, drug abuse, nucleus accumbens, paraventricular nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus, passive stress-coping, posterior dorsal medial amygdala, social bonding, stress, vasopressin, ventral tegmental area

2015

Effects of dopamine agonists on calling behavior in the green tree frog, Hyla cinerea

Authors: Anna Creighton, Dara Satterfield, Joanne Chu

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amphibian, apomorphine, dopamine, quinpirole, skf-38393, vocalization

2013

Pair-bonding and companion recognition in domestic donkeys, Equus asinus

Authors: Leigh M. A. Murray, Katharine Byrne, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: companion recognition, donkeys, pair-bonding, welfare, y-maze

2013

Social novelty increases tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the extended olfactory amygdala of female prairie voles

Authors: Breyanna L. Cavanaugh, Joseph S. Lonstein

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dopamine, maternal behavior, monogamy, olfaction, pair-bonding, voles

2010

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