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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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What role does heritability play in transgenerational phenotypic responses to captivity? Implications for managing captive populations

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, heritability, natural selection, phenotype, transgenerational effects, transgenerational plasticity

2017

Age-dependant behavioral strategies in a visual search task in baboons (Papio papio) and their relation to inhibitory control

Authors: Joël Fagot, Elodie Bonté, William D. Hopkins

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: baboons, behavior, behavioral strategies, development, executive control, executive function, nonhuman primate

2013

Choice in the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Authors: Banna, KM. DeVries, D. Newland, MC.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bluegill sunfish, choice, closed economy, concurrent schedules, matching, nose poke

2011

Different Habitat Preferences of Male and Female Giant Pandas

Authors: D. Qi, S. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Y. Hu, X. Yang, H. Wang, F. Wei

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: habitat selection, landscape structure, sexual segregation, species distribution model

2011

Avoidance of physical activity is a sensitive indicator of illness

Authors: G. Skinner, D. Mitchell, L. Harden

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anorexia, fever, lethargy, sickness behavior, voluntary wheel running

2009

Memory of visual and topographical features suggests spatial learning in nautilus (Nautilus pompilius L.)

Authors: Robyn J. Crook, Roger T. Hanlon, Jennifer A. Basil

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cephalopod, learning, memory, nautilus, spatial

2009

The motivation of group-housed laboratory mice, Mus musculus, for additional space

Authors: C. M. Sherwin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, group housing, laboratory animals, mice

2004

Using the cross point of demand functions to assess animal priorities

Authors: Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, Jan Ladewig, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Lindsay Matthews

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal priorities, demand function, rats, reinforcers

2004

Calves’ motivation for access to two different types of social contact measured by operant conditioning

Authors: Louise Holm, Margit Bak Jensen, Leif Lau Jeppesen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioral needs, behavioural needs, calves, demand functions, motivation, operant conditioning, social contact

2002

Behaviour of Laying Hens Negotiating Perches at Different Heights

Authors: N.R. Lambe, G.B. Scot, D. Hitchcock

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, laying hens, perches, slopes

1997

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