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Our Goals

  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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Assessing cow-calf welfare. Part 1: Benchmarking beef cow health and behavior, handling; and management, facilities, and producer perspectives

Authors: G. E. Simon, B. R. Hoar, C. B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: beef cattle, calf, cow, welfare

2016

Assessing cow-calf welfare. Part 2: Risk factors for beef cow health and behavior and stockperson handling

Authors: G. E. Simon, B. R. Hoar, C. B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: beef cattle, calf, cow, handling, welfare

2016

Assessing walking posture with geometric morphometrics: Effects of rearing environment in pigs

Authors: Céline Tallet, Emilie Sénèque, Claire Mégnin, Stéphane Morisset, David Val-Laillet, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Carole Fureix, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: methodology, pig, posture analysis, rearing condition, welfare

2016

Relationship between behavioural tests and agonistic interactions at different age levels in pigs

Authors: K. Scheffler, E. Stamer, I. Traulsen, J. Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, backtest, behaviour, human approach test, pig

2016

Keeper-Animal Interactions: Differences between the Behaviour of Zoo Animals Affect Stockmanship

Authors: S. J. Ward, V. Melfi

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: dairy cows, humans, multidisciplinary sciences, pigs, welfare

2015

Cattle behaviours and stockperson actions related to impaired animal welfare at Swedish slaughter plants

Authors: Jan Hultgren, Sofia Wiberg, Charlotte Berg, Katarina Cvek, Christina Lunner Kolstrup

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abattoir, cattle, driving, human-animal interaction, slaughterhouse, stockperson, stunning

2014

Development and testing of an on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats

Authors: K. Muri, Stubsj,, S. M. en, P. S. Valle

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, dairy goats, health, human-animal relationships, stockmanship

2013

Individualism and Nonindividualism in the Application of Nonhuman Animal Welfare to Policy

Authors: J. W. Yeates

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, policy

2013

Interaction between sows’ aggressiveness post mixing and skin lesions recorded several weeks later

Authors: Björn Tönepöhl, Anne K. Appel, Barbara Voß, Uta König von Borstel, Matthias Gauly

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggressiveness, indicator trait, individual behaviour, reproductive traits, skin lesions, sow

2013

Human-animal relationships at sheep and cattle abattoirs

Authors: G. J. Coleman, M. Rice, P. H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, cattle handling, sheep, slaughter, stockperson

2012

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