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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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Effect of preceding activity and multiple testing of Belgian police horses on behavior during personality tests

Authors: Marc Pierard, Paul McGreevy, Rony Geers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral assessment, multiple testing, personality, police horse, preceding activity

2019

Automated real-time stress monitoring of police horses using wearable technology

Authors: Tomas Norton, Deborah Piette, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Daniel Berckmans

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: horse, performance, police, stress, suitability, wearable technology

2018

Do aversive-based training methods actually compromise dog welfare?: A literature review

Authors: Joana Guilherme Fernandes, I. Anna S. Olsson, Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dog, training methods, welfare

2017

Comparative well-being of horses kept under total or partial confinement prior to employment for mounted patrols

Authors: Gabriela O. Pessoa, Pablo Trigo, Francisco D. Mesquita Neto, Antônio C. C. Lacreta Junior, Ticiana M. Sousa, Joel A. Muniz, Raquel S. Moura

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, heart rate variability, horse, police, stall, stress

2016

Causes of loss or retirement from active duty for New Zealand police German shepherd dogs

Authors: A. J. Worth, M. Sandford, B. Gibson, R. Stratton, V. Erceg, J. Bridges, B. Jones

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, canine, german shepherd, police, retirement, working dog

2013

Early experiences modulate stress coping in a population of German shepherd dogs

Authors: Pernilla Foyer, Erik Wilsson, Dominic Wright, Per Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, early experience, personality, stress, temperament test, working dog

2013

The effects of transport, riot control training and night patrols on the workload and stress of mounted police horses

Authors: Carolien C. B. M. Munsters, Jan van den Broek, René van Weeren, Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour score, heart rate, police horse, stress, workload

2013

The welfare of an unwanted guest in an urban environment: the case of the white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)

Authors: C. S. A. Souza, C. P. Teixeira, R. J. Young

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, human-wildlife conflicts, marsupials, translocations, urban wildlife, white-eared opossums

2012

The effect of frequency and duration of training sessions on acquisition and long-term memory in dogs

Authors: Helle Demant, Jan Ladewig, Thorsten J. S. Balsby, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acquisition, dogs, long-term memory, massed training, retention, spaced training

2011

Impacts of animal traffic on the Brazilian Amazon parrots (Amazona species) collection of the Quinzinho de Barros Municipal Zoological Park, Brazil, 1986–2007

Authors: Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello Teixeira, Luis Carlos Camargo, Adauto Luis Veloso Nunes, Eliana Reiko Matushima

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amazona, animal traffic, brazil, demography, zoo

2010

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