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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.
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Can behavioural management improve behaviour and reproduction in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)?

Authors: Amanda Miglioli, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, environmental enrichment, psittacines, reproduction

2021


The effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) in aviaries

Authors: April Stevens, Robert Doneley, Aurore Cogny, Clive JC Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avaries, cockatiel, enrichment, flight, parrot, substrate

2021


Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots

Authors: Emma L Mellor, Heather K McDonald Kinkaid, Michael T Mendl, Innes C Cuthill, Yvonne RA van Zeeland, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, captive breeding, parrots, phylogenetic comparative methods, stress

2021


The effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) in aviaries

Authors: April Stevens, Robert Donnell, Aurore Cogny, Clive JC Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avaries, cockatiel, enrichment, flight, parrot, substrate

2020


The effect of auditory enrichment, rearing method and social environment on the behavior of zoo-housed psittacines (Aves: Psittaciformes); implications for welfare

Authors: Isabelle Williams, Will Hoppitt, Rachel Grant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: auditory enrichment, hand rearing, parrot, psittacine, welfare

2017


Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots

Authors: J. Cornejo, E. S. Dierenfeld, C. A. Bailey, D. J. Brightsmith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw

2013


Feather damaging behaviour in parrots: A review with consideration of comparative aspects

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Berry M. Spruit, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bernd Riedstra, Yvonne M. van Hierden, Bart Buitenhuis, S. Mechiel Korte, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, behavioural disorder, feather pecking, feather picking, feather plucking, grooming, hair pulling, poultry, psittacines, trichotillomania

2009


Feather-picking Psittacines: Histopathology and Species Trends

Authors: M. M. Garner, S. L. Clubb, M. A. Mitchell, L. Brown

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Pathology

Keywords: dermatitis, feather picking, histopathology, parrot, psittacine, self-mutilation

2008


Manual of Parrot Behavior

Authors: A. U. Luescher

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: companion animals, parrot, parrot behavior, parrot behaviour, psiattacines

2006


Psittacine diets and behavioral enrichment

Authors: Louise Bauck

Publication/Journal: Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine

Keywords: enrichment devices, feather plucking, feeder puzzles, formulated psittacine diets, seed diets for psittacines

1998


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