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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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The Impact of Food Enrichment on the Behavior of Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Kept under Human Care

Authors: Isabella Brosens Barros, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Cynthia Fernandes Cipreste, Laura Chrispim Reisfeld, Thais Suzana, Rafael Gutierrez Capriolli, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranchs, environmental enrichment, fish welfare

2024

Aquarium Visitors Catch Some Rays: Rays Are More Active in the Presence of More Visitors

Authors: Jordyn Truax, Jennifer Vonk, Eness Meri, Sandra M. Troxell-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranch, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare

2023

Psychological and social well‐being of bony fishes in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Patrick E Bonano

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, positive welfare, social behavior

2022

Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana

Authors: Krystan Grant, Terry Campbell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive, environmental change, hematology, plasma chemistry, stingrays, wild

2020

Change in stingray behaviour and social networks in response to the scheduling of husbandry events

Authors: Holly L Farmer, Georgia Murphy, Joanna Newbolt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, positive reinforcement training, predictability, social network analysis, stingray, welfare

2019

Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Natalie D. Mylniczenko, John M. Rimoldi, Rama S. V. S. Gadepalli, R. Hart, Bobbi R. O'Hara, Andrew N. Evans

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress

2018

The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit

Authors: Patrick J. Kearns, Jennifer L. Bowen, Michael F. Tlusty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank

2017

Evaluating the role of temperature in the reproduction of the yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis)

Authors: Tess C. Lesniak, Aaron E. Schirmer, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, gestation, mating, poikilotherm

2015

Birth of common shovelnose rays (Glaucostegus typus) under captive conditions

Authors: Lori L. Timm, Joshua E. Carter, Joshua Frey, James Prappas, R. J. David Wells

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, breeding program, environmental conditions, stillborn

2014

Notes on the Husbandry and Long-Term Transportation of Bull Ray (Pteromylaeus bovinus) and Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis)

Authors: Nuno Rodrigues, João Correia, Rúben Pinho, José Graça, Filipe Rodrigues, Morikawa Hirofumi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: collections, conservation, parasites, public aquaria, water parameters

2013

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