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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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Impact of Broad-Spectrum Lighting on Recall Behaviour in a Pair of Captive Blue-Throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis)

Authors: Zoe Bryant, Eva Konczol, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: artificial lighting, behaviour, husbandry, Pstiaccidae, T5 lamps, ultraviolet light, vision

2022

Rethinking Captive Heating: Effect of Infrared Radiation on the Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

Authors: Nichola J Willis, Andrew Quayle, James E Brereton

Publication/Journal: Captive and Field Herpetology

Keywords: astrochelys radiata, heating, husbandry, IR-A, IR-B

2021

Caring for the horse in a cold climate—Reviewing principles for thermoregulation and horse preferences

Authors: Cecilie M Mejdell, Knut Egil Bøe, Grete HM Jørgensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, blanket, equine, temperature, thermal comfort, welfare

2020

Thermoregulation in Malayan sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) and its consequences for in situ conservation

Authors: Marion Schneider, Thomas Ziegler, Lydia Kolter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: climate change, helarctos malayanus, infrared thermography, malayan sun bear, thermoneutral zone, thermoregulation

2020

Effects of a light-colored cotton rug use on horse thermoregulation and behavior indicators of stress

Authors: Barbara Padalino, Jaymie Loy, Lesley Hawson, Hayley Randle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: cotton rug, equine, thermal stress, thermoregulation, welfare

2019

Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice

2017

Provision of ultraviolet basking lights to indoor housed tropical birds and their effect on suspected vitamin D3 deficiency

Authors: Gabby Jeanne-Clare Drake, Robyn L Shea, Andrea Fidgett, Javier Lopez, Robert M Christley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: avian, mbd, osteodystrophy, tropical birds, ultraviolet light, uvb, vitamin d

2017

Impacts of shade on physiological and behavioural pattern of Dehong buffalo calves under high temperature

Authors: Zhaobing Gu, Shuli Yang, Jing Leng, Shaohong Xu, Shoukun Tang, Chuanbin Liu, Yajun Gao, Huaming Mao

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cooling effects, dehong buffalo calves, shade

2016

Meeting ultraviolet B radiation requirements of amphibians in captivity: A case study with mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) and general recommendations for pre-release health screening

Authors: Benjamin Tapley, Matthew Rendle, Frances M. Baines, Matthias Goetz, Kay S. Bradfield, David Rood, Javier Lopez, Gerardo Garcia, Andrew Routh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, conservation, husbandry, leptodactylus fallax, uv-b

2015

New insights into the huddling dynamics of emperor penguins

Authors: André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert, Nicolas Poulin, Michaël Beaulieu, Bernard Thierry

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggregation, antarctica, aptenodytes forsteri, energy saving, environment, huddling, social thermoregulation

2015

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