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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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Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions

Authors: Fatima Ramis, Michaela Mohr, Gregory Kohn, Quincy Gibson, Meredith Bashaw, Dan Maloney, Terry Maple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions

2020

Stress response, peripheral serotonin and natural antibodies in feather pecking genotypes and phenotypes and their relation with coping style

Authors: Jerine A. J. van der Eijk, Aart Lammers, Joergen B. Kjaer, T. Bas Rodenburg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking, genotype, natural antibody, phenotype, serotonin, stress response

2019

Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Francesca Booth, Gemma Richards, Laura McGaughey, Christine J. Nicol, Joanne Edgar, John F. Tarlton

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, automated monitoring, domestic fowl, preening, thermography

2018

Body temperature responses to handling stress in wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus L.)

Authors: Agnès Lewden, Andreas Nord, Magali Petit, François Vézina

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: body temperature, handling stress, hypothermia, poecile atricapillus, stress-induced hyperthermia, winter

2017

Is mixed-species living cognitively enriching? Enclosure use and welfare in two captive groups of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Authors: S. Daoudi, G. Badihi, H. M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: cognitive challenges, mixed species zoo exhibit, saimiri, sapajus, social enrichment, welfare

2017

Can changes in nasal temperature be used as an indicator of emotional state in cows?

Authors: Helen Proctor, Gemma Carder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, emotions, nasal temperature, sentience, welfare assessment

2016

The development of a non-invasive behavioral model of thermal heat stress in laboratory mice (Mus musculus)

Authors: J. T. Mufford, M. J. Paetkau, N. J. Flood, G. Regev-Shoshani, C. C. Miller, J. S. Church

Publication/Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, biochemical research methods, body temperature, cytokine, ethovision, infrared thermography (irt), mouse, neurosciences, physiology, responses, strategy, thermoregulation

2016

The effect of a pressure vest on the behaviour, salivary cortisol and urine oxytocin of noise phobic dogs in a controlled test

Authors: Anne-Maria Pekkin, Laura Hänninen, Katriina Tiira, Aija Koskela, Merja Pöytäkangas, Hannes Lohi, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, dog, noise phobia, oxytocin, pressure vest

2016

Immune responses to improving welfare

Authors: L. R. Berghman

Publication/Journal: Poultry Science

Keywords: immunity, poultry, welfare

2016

Melatonin is a redundant entraining signal in the rat circadian system

Authors: Pavel Houdek, Marta Nováková, Lenka Polidarová, Martin Sládek, Alena Sumová

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: clock gene, duodenum, liver, melatonin, pinealectomy, suprachiasmatic nucleus

2016

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