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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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An ethological approach to determining housing requirements of gamebirds in raised laying units

Authors: Stephanie M. Matheson, Jo Donbavand, Victoria Sandilands, Tom Pennycott, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour-based needs, gamebird welfare, raised laying units, red-legged partridge, ring-necked pheasant

2015

Relationship between behavior, adrenal activity, and environment in zoo-housed western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: F. E. Clark, M. Fitzpatrick, A. Hartley, A. J. King, T. Lee, A. Routh, S. L. Walker, K. George

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, management, noninvasive monitoring, welfare

2012

Presence of a privacy divider increases proximity in pair-housed rhesus monkeys

Authors: B.M. Basile, R.R. Hampton, A.M. Chaudhry, E.A. Murray

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, macaque, pair housing, primate, privacy, social

2007

Reactions of three bottlenose dolphin dams with calves to other members of the group in connection with nursing

Authors: Inês Mello, Lotta Nordensten, Mats Amundin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: husbandry, maternal behavior, suckling behavior, tursiops-truncatus

2005

Effects of management practices on the timing of captive chimpanzee births

Authors: P. L. Alford, L. T. Nash, J. Fritz, J. A. Bowen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: circadian rhythms, colony management, nocturnal delivery, pan troglodytes, parturition, stress

1992

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