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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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Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Nutritional effect of feeding enrichment using bamboo Pleioblastus spp. in zoo-kept Asian elephants Elephas maximus

Authors: Yuma Tsuchiya, Masato Yayota, Yukari Kashima, Yukihiro Shiota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses

Authors: Carlos Magno de Faria, Fernanda de Souza Sá, Dhiordan Deon Lovestain Costa, Mariane Mendes da Silva, Beatriz Cristiana da Silva, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Cetartiodactyla, conservation, food-based enrichment

2022

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

Maternal Behavior, Posture Change, and Production Performance of Lactating Sows Housed in an Enriched Environment

Authors: Ran Yi, Chao Wang, Xin Zhang, Peng Zhao, Mingyue Zhang, Xiang Li, Shiquan Cui, Honggui Liu, Jun Bao

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enriched environment, posture, sows, survival

2019

Evaluation of a dustbathing substrate and straw bales as environmental enrichments in commercial broiler housing

Authors: Mary Baxter, Carley L. Bailie, Niamh E. O’Connell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: broiler chicken, dustbathing, environmental enrichment, leg health, welfare

2018

Barren diets increase wakeful inactivity in calves

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Kees van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, inactivity, stereotypies, veal calves

2017

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

2017

Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

Authors: M. A. Paoli, H. P. Lahrmann, T. Jensen, R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting

2016

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