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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=pigs

Vocalisations in Farm Animals: a Step Towards Positive Welfare Assessment

Authors: Karin A Laurijs, Elodie F Briefer, Inonge Reimert, Laura E Webb

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotions, farm animals, positive welfare, vocalisations

2021

Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals

Authors: David M Powell, Corinne P Kozlowski, John Clark, Alice Seyfried, Eli Baskir, Ashley D Franklin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo

2020

The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020

Does the location of enrichment material affect behavior and dirtiness in growing female pigs?

Authors: Antoni Dalmau, Bruno Areal, Silvana Machado, Joaquim Pallisera, Antonio Velarde

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enrichment material, exploratory behavior, pigs, social behavior, wood

2019

Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring

Authors: Sanne Roelofs, Lisa Godding, Jeanne R. de Haan, Franz Josef van der Staay, Rebecca E. Nordquist

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress

2019

Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019

Post-natal development of EEG responses to noxious stimulation in pigs (Sus scrofa) aged 1–15 days

Authors: N. J. Kells, N. J. Beausoleil, M. A. Sutherland, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, eeg, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking

2019

Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs

Authors: P. A. Kallio, A. M. Janczak, A. E. Valros, S. A. Edwards, M. Heinonen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting

2018

Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

Authors: S. M. Brown, R. Peters, I. M. Nevison, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning

2018

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

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