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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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Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

Authors: Manuela Lombardi Brandão, Felipe Dorigão‐Guimarães, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, André Vitor Salinas Pereira, Lethicia Vian, Thais Billalba Carvalho, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: Angelfish, cognitive ability, environmental enrichment, feeding, reproduction, social interaction

2021

The effect of group size on the behaviour and welfare of four fish species commonly kept in home aquaria

Authors: Amelia Saxby, Leoni Adams, Donna Snellgrove, Rod W. Wilson, Katherine A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: barbus tetrazona, environmental enrichment, novel object, paracheirodon innesi, pterophyllum scalare, stocking density, tanichthys albonubes

2010

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