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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.
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A Case Study on the Behavioural Effect of Positive Reinforcement Training in a Novel Task Participation Test in Göttingen Mini Pigs

Authors: Lisa Jønholt, Cathrine Juel Bundgaard, Martin Carlsen, Dorte Bratbo Sørensen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: clicker training, laboratory pigs, positive reinforcement training, welfare

2021

Assessing positive emotional states in dogs using heart rate and heart rate variability

Authors: Manja Zupan, Julia Buskas, Jordi Altimiras, Linda J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: autonomic nervous system, dog, emotion, positive psychology, stimulus, welfare

2016

Testing post-weaning food motivation in low and normal birth weight pigs in a runway and operant conditioning task

Authors: L. M. van Eck, A. Antonides, R. E. Nordquist, F. J. van der Staay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: birth weight, motivation, operant conditioning, pigs, runway

2016

Evaluating the effect of semi-group housing of rabbit does on their offspring’s fearfulness: can we use the open-field test?

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Frank André Maurice Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, novel object, novelty, open field, pre-natal effects., sociality

2015

Extinction of food-reinforced instrumental behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Authors: Jonathan Buriticá, Leonardo A. Ortega, Mauricio R. Papini, Germán Gutiérrez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: food reinforcement, japanese quail, magnitude of reinforcement extinction effect, overtraining extinction effect, partial reinforcement extinction effect, reward downshift, spaced-trial training

2013

Effects of dietary fibers with different physicochemical properties on feeding motivation in adult female pigs

Authors: Carol Souza da Silva, Joost J. G. C. van den Borne, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Bas Kemp, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dietary fiber, feeding motivation, operant test, pigs, runway, satiety

2012

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