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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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Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, Katie L Edwards, Nadja Wielebnowski, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine

2020

Inter-individual Distance in Different Captive Packs of Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus): Management Applications

Authors: Ana Isabel Soriano, Dolors Vinyoles, Carmen Maté

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: canids, dyad, proximity, social preference, two-dimensional scaling analysis

2020

Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Terri Roth

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress

2018

Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Helen L. Clawitter, Tim Thier, Martha T. Fischer, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens

2018

Diagnosis of pregnancy in Southern Lechwes (Kobus Leche) using a bovine assay for pregnancy-associated glycoprotein

Authors: Benjamin Lamglait, Thomas Rambaud

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diagnosis, elisa, kobus leche, pag, pregnancy, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins, southern lechwe

2018

In‐house monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in urine informs breeding management of a giant anteater (Myrmechophaga tridactyla)

Authors: Laura Amendolagine, Tad Schoffner, Lynn Koscielny, Mandi Schook, Debra Copeland, James Casteel, Brianna Duff, Diana Koester

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estrogen, non-invasive, pregnancy, progesterone, xenarthra

2018

Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees

Authors: Carson M. Murray, Margaret A. Stanton, Kaitlin R. Wellens, Rachel M. Santymire, Matthew R. Heintz, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzees, gestational programming, maternal effects, offspring stress

2018

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) sleep study – long-term quantitative research at Dublin Zoo

Authors: Brendan Walsh

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: asian elephant, husbandry, sleep, zoo

2017

Differential relationships between chronic hormone profiles in pregnancy and maternal investment in rhesus monkey mothers with hair loss in the neonatal period

Authors: Amanda M. Dettmer, Kendra Rosenberg, Mark T. Menard, Saif N. El-Mallah, Ruth A. Woodward, Stephen J. Suomi, Jerrold S. Meyer

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alopecia, hair loss, infant growth, maternal investment, pregnancy

2017

Impact of maternal stress and nutrition on behavioural and physiological outcomes in young lambs

Authors: J. A. Rooke, G. Arnott, C. M. Dwyer, K. M. D. Rutherford

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, gestation, offspring response, practical application, sheep, stress

2017

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