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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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Identification of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal cortisol metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme immunoassays

Authors: Flavia Santamaria, Christopher K Barlow, Rolf Schlagloth, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Rupert Palme, Joerg Henning

Publication/Journal: Metabolites

Keywords: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hplc, koala, LC-MS, non-invasive, phascolarctos cinereus, stress

2021

Using Thermal Imaging to Monitor Body Temperature of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in A Zoo Setting

Authors: Edward Narayan, Annabella Perakis, Will Meikle

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body temperature, heat/cold stress, koalas, substrate, thermal imaging, thermoregulation, welfare, zoo

2019

Supplemental feeding of captive neonatal koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Eri Shibata, Izumi Shindo, Etsuko Miyakawa, Nobuhide Kido

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: formula feed, insufficient growth, milk replacer

2017

Female koalas prefer bellows in which lower formants indicate larger males

Authors: Benjamin D. Charlton, William A. H. Ellis, Jacqui Brumm, Karen Nilsson, W. Tecumseh Fitch

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic cues to body size, female mating preference, formant frequency, koala, phascolarctos cinereus, vocal communication

2012

Better the devil you know: familiarity affects foraging activity of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus

Authors: E.B. Liebgold, C.J. Dibble

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: enclosure, familiarity, foraging activity, juvenile, plethodon cinereus, territorial

2011

Dietary specialization and Eucalyptus species preferences in Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Alexis L. Higgins, Fred B. Bercovitch, Jennifer R. Tobey, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites

2011

Evaluating the utility of an accelerometer and urinary hormone analysis as indicators of estrus in a Zoo-housed koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Maressa Takahashi, Jennifer R. Tobey, Corinne Bacon Pisacane, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity levels, reproduction, reproductive endocrinology

2009

Chrono-ethologic investigations on the Queensland koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus) in captivity

Authors: Cora Richter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity profile, behavior, biologic rhythm, chrono-ethogram, koala, zeitgeber

2006

Sensory ecology of predator–prey interactions: responses of the AN2 interneuron in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus to the echolocation calls of sympatric bats

Authors: J.H. Fullard, J.M. Ratcliffe, C. Guignion

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Keywords: cricket · bat · echolocation · auditory ecology

2005

Amblonyx cinereus

Authors: S. Lariviere

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Species

Keywords: amblonyx cinereus, asian small-clawed otter

2003

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