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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=plumage%20coloration

Evaluation of visible eye white and maximum eye temperature as non-invasive indicators of stress in dairy cows

Authors: Y. Gómez, R. Bieler, A. K. Hankele, M. Zähner, P. Savary, E. Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle crush, claw trimming, feed rack, heart rate variability, saliva cortisol

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

Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens

Authors: Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Björn Forkman, Lena K. Hinrichsen, Anja B. Riber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits

2017

Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries

Authors: M. Bestman, C. Verwer, C. Brenninkmeyer, A. Willett, L. K. Hinrichsen, F. Smajlhodzic, J. L. T. Heerkens, S. Gunnarsson, V. Ferrante

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry

2017

Rapid body color brightening is associated with exposure to a stressor in an Anolis lizard

Authors: Jane FF Boyer, Lindsey Swierk

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Anolis (Norops) aquaticus, cryptic, metachrosis, physiological color change, stress, water anole

2017

Farmer attitudes to injurious pecking in laying hens and to potential control strategies

Authors: L. J. Palczynski, H. Buller, S. L. Lambton, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, changing attitudes, injurious pecking, laying hens, management strategies, perception

2016

Phenotypic correlates of melanization in two Sceloporus occidentalis (Phrynosomatidae) populations: Behavior, androgens, stress reactivity, and ectoparasites

Authors: Ryan J. Seddon, Diana K. Hews

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, ectoparasites, elevation, melanin, population differences, sceloporus, testosterone

2016

Plumage variation and social partner choice in the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Hani D. Freeman, Annie J. Valuska, Ryan R. Taylor, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Katherine A. Leighty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birds, flamingos, plumage coloration, social partner

2016

Tree cover and injurious feather-pecking in commercial flocks of free-range laying hens: a follow up

Authors: A. Bright, R. Gill, T. H. Willings

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, free range, injurious feather-pecking, laying hens, plumage damage, tree cover

2016

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

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