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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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Activity budget and behaviour of giant otters Pteronura brasiliensis at Parken Zoo, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Authors: Mélodie Friedmann, Anita Burkevica, Linn Lagerström, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, feeding enrichment, Pteronura brasiliensis, welfare, zoo

2023


Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Authors: M. Willette, N. Rosenhagen, G. Buhl, C. Innis, J. Boehm

Publication/Journal: Animals (Basel)

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

2023


Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation

Authors: Michelle Willette, Nicki Rosenhagen, Gail Buhl, Charles Innis, Jeff Boehm

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

2023


Social effects on AVT and CRF systems

Authors: Tobias Backström, Per-Ove Thörnqvist, Svante Winberg

Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Keywords: aggression, arginine vasotocin, AVT receptor, corticotrophin-releasing factor, CRF receptor, rainbow-trout, social stress

2021


Influence of early rearing environment on water-borne cortisol and expression of stress-related genes in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Authors: Amina Zuberi, Muhammad Ahmad, Imrana Amir, Muhammad Kamran, Manzoor Ahmad

Publication/Journal: Molecular Biology Reports

Keywords: carp, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, cortisol, enrichment, fish, post-release survival, stress

2020


Investigation of the efficacy of the GnRH agonist deslorelin in mitigating intraspecific aggression in captive male Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Authors: Jessica J. Harley, Aisling Power, John D. Stack

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic behavior androgens, bachelor groups, testosterone

2019


Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone

Authors: Scott Davies, Michelle L. Beck, Kendra B. Sewall

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization

2018


Corticosterone may interact with peripubertal development to shape adult resistance to social defeat

Authors: Maeson S. Latsko, Laure A. Farnbauch, T. Lee Gilman, Joseph F. Lynch Iii, Aaron M. Jasnow

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, mice, social stress

2016


Determining the effects of duration and recency of exposure to environmental enrichment

Authors: Ida Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Anne Gro V. Salvanes, Victoria A. Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural development, behavioural flexibility, captive rearing, enrichment, learning

2016


Immune responses to improving welfare

Authors: L. R. Berghman

Publication/Journal: Poultry Science

Keywords: immunity, poultry, welfare

2016


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