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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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Circadian Rhythm of Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Associations with Cortisol as A Stress Biomarker in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Tithipong Plangsangmas, Janine L. Brown, Chatchote Thitaram, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Katie L. Edwards, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Patcharapa Towiboon, Chaleamchat Somgird

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, circadian rhythm, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, welfare

2020

Diurnal variation of salivary cortisol in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under routine management conditions and in relation to a translocation event

Authors: Susan Hambrecht, Ann‐Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: baseline, captive management, cortisol secretion, social introduction, stress

2020

Cardiac activity and salivary cortisol concentration of leisure horses in response to the presence of an audience in the arena

Authors: Iwona Janczarek, Izabela Wilk, Anna Stachurska, Leszek Krakowski, Marta Liss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: audience, emotions, horses, leisure, stress

2019

Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring

Authors: Sanne Roelofs, Lisa Godding, Jeanne R. de Haan, Franz Josef van der Staay, Rebecca E. Nordquist

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress

2019

Evaluating changes in salivary oxytocin and cortisol following positive reinforcement training in two adult male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Julie Good, Mandi W. Schook, Patricia M. Dennis, Tara S. Stoinski, Mark A. Willis, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliation, human-animal relationship, stress reduction, zoo animal welfare

2019

Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants

Authors: J. L. Brown, K. Carlstead, J. D. Bray, D. Dickey, C. Farin, K. Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: behavior, choice, hormones, indicators, maximus, noninvasive assessment, Salivary cortisol secretion, serum, stress responses, welfare

2019

Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol

Authors: María Ángeles García-León, José Manuel Pérez-Mármol, Raquel Gonzalez-Pérez, María del Carmen García-Ríos, María Isabel Peralta-Ramírez

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, laboratory stressor, life events, perceived stress, resilience, salivary cortisol

2019

Welfare considerations: Salivary cortisol concentrations on frequency of therapy dog visits in an outpatient hospital setting: A pilot study

Authors: Stephanie D. Clark, Jessica M. Smidt, Brent A. Bauer

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal-assisted therapy, cortisol, therapy dog, welfare

2019

Zylkéne to load? The effects of alpha-casozepine on compliance and coping in horses during loading

Authors: Carrie Ijichi, Sophie Green, Keith Squibb, Aisling Carroll, Isobel Bannister

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: alpha-casozepine, heart rate variability, horse loading, infrared thermography, salivary cortisol, stress

2019

Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates

Authors: Anka Bernhard, Cindy van der Merwe, Katharina Ackermann, Anne Martinelli, Inga D. Neumann, Christine M. Freitag

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescents, Control-TSST, salivary cortisol, salivary oxytocin, TSST

2018

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