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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.
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Quantifying Acute Behavioral Reactions of Bali Mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) to Environmental and Progressively Challenging Enrichment

Authors: Eli Baskir, Alayna Parsons, Marija Elden, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: cognitive, glean, interaction, neophobia, peck, pluck

2023

Perseveration in a guessing task by laying hens selected for high or low levels of feather pecking does not support classification of feather pecking as a stereotypy

Authors: Joergen Brockmann Kjaer, Hanno Würbel, Lars Schrader

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feather pecking, genetic selection, guessing task, laying hens, recurrent perseveration, stereotyped behaviour

2015

Plumage damage in free-range laying hens: Behavioural characteristics in the rearing period and the effects of environmental enrichment and beak-trimming

Authors: Kate M. Hartcher, Mary K. T. N. Tran, Stuart J. Wilkinson, Paul H. Hemsworth, Peter C. Thomson, Greg M. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feather pecking, free range, laying hen, open-field test, plumage damage, tonic immobility

2015

Temperamental turkeys: Reliability of behavioural responses to four tests of fear

Authors: Marisa Erasmus, Janice Swanson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear tests, fearfulness, temperament, turkeys

2014

Drug-Resistant Human Staphylococcus Aureus in Sanctuary Apes Pose a Threat to Endangered Wild Ape Populations

Authors: Frieder Schaumburg, Lawrence Mugisha, Bruce Peck, Karsten Becker, Thomas R. Gillespie, Georg Peters, Fabian H. Leendertz

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: africa, great apes, reintroduction, staphylococcus aureus, transmission, wildlife

2012

Resistance to change varies inversely with reinforcement context

Authors: RC Grace, J Arantes, ME. Berg

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: behavioral contrast, behavioral momentum theory, key peck, pigeons, reinforcementcontext, resistance to change

2012

Applying chemical stimuli on feathers to reduce feather pecking in laying hens

Authors: Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, T. Bas Rodenburg

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aversion, feather eating, feather pecking, laying hens, learning

2011

Effects of haloperidol, a dopamine D2-like receptor antagonist, on reward-related behaviors in laying hens

Authors: Randi Oppermann Moe, Janicke Nordgreen, Andrew M. Janczak, Berry M. Spruijt, Lubor Kostal, Eystein Skjerve, Adroaldo J. Zanella, Morten Bakken

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, dopamine, haloperidol, positive emotions, reward-related behavior

2011

What’s in a peck? Using fixed action pattern morphology to identify the motivational basis of abnormal feather-pecking behaviour

Authors: L. M. Dixon, I. J. H. Duncan, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chicken, dustbathing, feather pecking, fixed action patterns, foraging, gallus gallus, motivation, welfare

2008

The effects of personality of keepers and tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) on their behaviour in an interactive zoo exhibit

Authors: C. Phillips, D. Peck

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: keeper survey, panthera tigris tigris, personality, tiger

2007

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