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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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Empathy toward animals and people: The role of gender and length of service in a sample of Italian veterinarians

Authors: E. S. Colombo, F. Crippa, T. Calderari, E. Prato-Previde

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: attitudes, behavioral sciences, communication, companion animals, education, empathy, gender, health, length of service, medicine, owner-veterinarian relationship, owners, pets, quotient, students, veterinary medicine, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017


Reduced proceptivity and sex-motivated behaviors in the female rat after repeated copulation in paced and non-paced mating: Effect of changing the male

Authors: Elisa Ventura-Aquino, Alonso Fernández-Guasti

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: paced and non-paced mating, proceptivity, rat, receptivity, sexual satiety

2013


Calorie restricted rats do not increase metabolic rate post-LPS, but do seek out warmer ambient temperatures to behaviourally induce a fever

Authors: Leah MacDonald, Denovan Begg, Richard S. Weisinger, Stephen Kent

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: body temperature, calorie restriction, fever, lipopolysaccharide, metabolic rate, thermoregulation

2012


A soy supplement and tamoxifen inhibit sexual behavior in female rats

Authors: Heather B. Patisaul, Jordan R. Luskin, Mark E. Wilson

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: isoflavone, lordosis, pacing, phytoestrogen, serm, sex, soy

2004


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