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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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Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons

Authors: Chelsea J Weibel, Rebecca Abreu, Kris K Becker, Melissa Solomon, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork

2021

Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations

Authors: L. Reese, M. Ladwig-Wiegard, L. von Fersen, G. Haase, H. Will, R. Merle, D. Encke, H. Maegdefrau, K. Baumgartner, C. Thöne-Reineke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo

2020

The effect of changes in group composition on social dynamics in marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

Authors: Annie J. Valuska, Katherine A. Leighty, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Juniper Ross, Paul Schutz, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavior, management

2014

Identifying parentage using molecular markers: Improving accuracy of studbook records for a captive flock of marabou storks (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Ocean R. Cohen, Paul Schutz, Katherine A. Leighty, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L. Bettinger, Eric A. Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, extra-pair paternity, microsatellite, parentage, pedigree, studbook

2013

The use of visual barriers to reduce aggression among a group of marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

Authors: Annie J. Valuska, Katherine A. Leighty, Paul J. Schutz, Gina M. Ferrie, Christy C. Sky, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavior, marabou stork

2013

Morphometric sex determination of Milky and Painted storks in captivity

Authors: H. K. A. Ong, K. Chinna, S. K. Khoo, W. L. Ng, B. Y. Wong, K. L. Chow, L. K. CHong, K. Pillai, S. Vellayan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chd genes, logistic regression equation, molecular DNA sexing, morphometics, storks

2012

Ontogeny of chick behavior: a tool for monitoring the growth and development of lesser adjutant storks

Authors: Maria Maust, Nancy Clum, Christine Sheppard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral development, captive breeding, leptoptilos javanicus

2007

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