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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=sperm%20morphology

Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Authors: Rachel M Santymire, Shana R Lavin, Heather Branvold-Faber, Julie Kreeger, Judy Che-Castaldo, Michelle Rafacz, Paul Marinari

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e

2020

The welfare of game birds destined for release into the wild: a balance between early life care and preparation for future natural hazards

Authors: JR Madden, F Santilli, MA Whiteside

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, hunting, partridge, pheasant, reintroduction biology

2020

The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G Borgmans, R Palme, A Sannen, H Vervaecke, R Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress

2019

Social personality in sheep: Can social strategies predict individual differences in cognitive abilities, morphology features, and reproductive success?

Authors: Genaro C. Miranda-de la Lama, María Pascual-Alonso, Lorena Aguayo-Ulloa, Wilmer S. Sepúlveda, Morris Villarroel, Gustavo A. María

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: cognitive abilities, reproductive success, sheep, social personality, social strategies

2019

The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G. Borgmans, R. Palme, A. Sannen, H. Vervaecke, R. Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, environmental provisioning, green anole, reptiles, stress

2018

The relationship between working horse welfare and their owners’ socio-economic status

Authors: R. Lanas, D. Luna, T. Tadich

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, livelihood, poverty, quality of life, socio-economic status, working horse

2018

Adoption and relinquishment interventions at the animal shelter: a review

Authors: A. Protopopova, L. M. Gunter

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: adoption, animal shelter, animal welfare, dog, relinquishment, review

2017

Crocodilian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection

Authors: Lauren Augustine

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: advanced reproductive technologies, crocodile, fertility, membrane-bound sperm

2017

The effects of mining machinery noise of different frequencies on the behaviour, faecal corticosterone and tissue morphology of wild mice (Mus musculus)

Authors: Karen F. Mancera, Allan Lisle, Rachel Allavena, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, circling, high frequency, low frequency, mining, stress

2017

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