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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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Effect of Cage Type on Fecal Corticosterone Concentration in Buck Rabbits During the Reproductive Cycle

Authors: Paolo Cornale, Elisabetta Macchi, Manuela Renna, Liviana Prola, Giovanni Perona, Antonio Mimosi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: caging, fecal corticosterone, rabbits

2016

Estrous cycle synchronization in the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

Authors: Julia M. Ter Beest, Mandi W. Schook

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: equid, estradiol, ovulation, progesterone, prostaglandin, reproduction

2016

Mothers and offspring: The rabbit as a model system in the study of mammalian maternal behavior and sibling interactions

Authors: G. González-Mariscal, M. Caba, M. Martínez-Gómez, A. Bautista, R. Hudson

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: circadian, estradiol, light–dark cycle, nest building, oxytocin, pregnancy, progesterone, prolactin, siblings, suckling

2016

Cryopreservation of Sambar deer semen in Thailand

Authors: Thevin Vongpralub, Wittaya Chinchiyanond, Pornchai Hongkuntod, Pitcharat Sanchaisuriya, Sanan Liangpaiboon, Areeya Thongprayoon, Noppadon Somphol

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: artificial insemination, field condition, frozen semen protocols, tropical deer

2015

Evidence for a synchronization of hormonal states between humans and dogs during competition

Authors: Alicia Phillips Buttner, Breanna Thompson, Rosemary Strasser, Jonathan Santo

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: agility competition, cortisol, dog, hormonal synchronization, interspecies interactions

2015

Voluntary exercise enhances activity rhythms and ameliorates anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in the sand rat model of circadian rhythm-related mood changes

Authors: Katy Tal-Krivisky, Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Haim Einat

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal model, behavior, circadian rhythms, depression, diurnality, running wheels

2015

An experimental study of duet integration in the happy wren, Pheugopedius felix

Authors: Christopher N. Templeton, Nigel I. Mann, Alejandro A. Ríos-Chelén, Esmeralda Quiros-Guerrero, Constantino Macías Garcia, Peter J. B. Slater

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *animal cognition, birdsong, duetting, happy wren, pheugopedius felix, reaction time, signal processing, song type selection, vocal communication

2013

Nursing behaviour in lactating sows kept in isolation, in acoustic and visual contact

Authors: Jitka Šilerová, Marek Špinka, Kristýna Neuhauserová

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: group behaviour, nursing behaviour, pig, synchronization, vocalization

2013

Cheating for sex: inherent disadvantage or energetic constraint?

Authors: Loïc Brepson, Mathieu Troïanowski, Yann Voituron, Thierry Lengagne

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alternative reproductive tactic, anuran, bourgeois, energetic constraint, european treefrog, hyla arborea, inherent disadvantage, parasitic tactic, satellite, sneaker

2012

Collective Vigilance in the Greater Kudu: Towards a Better Understanding of Synchronization Patterns

Authors: O. Pays, E. Sirot, H. Fritz

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance

2012

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