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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=ruminant

A 30 Year (1991–2020) Retrospective mortality review of Giraffids spp. and Okapia johnstoni in managed care

Authors: Rachael Figueroa, Liza Dadone, Taylor Locklear, Matthew Johnston

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: animals, communicable diseases, giraffes, managed care programs, noncommunicable diseases, okapi, retrospective studies, ruminant, veterinary

2024

Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024

Effects of social stress on the welfare of captive male Alpine musk deer: Stereotypic behavior, fecal cortisol, and musk secretion

Authors: Xin Zhou, Qingxin Lv, Yuhong Qin, Naixiu Yuan, Yong Li, Mi Zhou, Xiuxiang Meng

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), ex situ conservation, fecal cortisol, small ruminant welfare, stereotypic behavior

2023

Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare

2019

Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017

Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture

Authors: F. A. P. Alvarenga, I. Borges, L. Palkovič, J. Rodina, V. H. Oddy, R. C. Dobos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, decision-tree, grazing, ruminant, sensor

2016

Daily grazing time of dairy cows is recorded accurately using the Lifecorder Plus device

Authors: Rémy Delagarde, Philippe Lamberton

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accelerometer, dairy cow, grazing time, methodology

2015

Diet and diet-related disorders in captive ruminants at the national zoological gardens of South Africa

Authors: Cristina Gattiker, Ian Espie, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Lane, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, digestive tract, grazer, ruminant, serous fat atrophy

2014

Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014

Collective Vigilance in the Greater Kudu: Towards a Better Understanding of Synchronization Patterns

Authors: O. Pays, E. Sirot, H. Fritz

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance

2012

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