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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 multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric

Authors: Georgina M Ginnaw, Isla K Davidson, Harry R Harding, Stephen D Simpson, Nicholas W Roberts, Andrew N Radford, Christos C Ioannou

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: colletive behaviour, environmental stressors, gasterosteus aculeatus, group personality, stickleback, thigmotaxis

2020

Effects of maternal cortisol treatment on offspring size, responses to stress, and anxiety-related behavior in wild largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Authors: Julia C. Redfern, Steven J. Cooke, Robert J. Lennox, Michael A. Nannini, David H. Wahl, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, boldness, cortisol, exploration, intergenerational effects, largemouth bass, maternal stress, stress response, thigmotaxis

2017

Cuttlefish in captivity: An investigation into housing and husbandry for improving welfare

Authors: Belinda M. Tonkins, Alexandra M. Tyers, Gavan M. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cuttlefish, husbandry, welfare

2015

A cage without a view increases stress and impairs cognitive performance in rats

Authors: Harris, A.P.; D'Eath, R.B.; Healy, S.D.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, rats, spatial cognition, stress, thigmotaxis, visual isolation

2010

Environmental enrichment enhances spatial cognition in rats by reducing thigmotaxis (wall hugging) during testing

Authors: Anjanette P. Harris, Richard B. D'Eath, Susan D. Healy

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: albino rat, anxiety, environmental enrichment, morris water-maze, rattus-norvegicus, spatial cognition, thigmotaxis

2009

Predation threat exerts specific effects on rat maternal behaviour and anxiety-related behaviour of male and female offspring

Authors: Rahia Mashoodh, Christopher J. Sinal, Tara S. Perrot-Sinal

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: gr, hippocampus, maternal behaviour, ngfi-a, predator odour, sex difference, stress

2009

Sex differences, or not, in spatial cognition in albino rats: acute stress is the key

Authors: Anjanette P. Harris, Richard B. D'Eath, Susan D. Healy

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: albino rat, morris water-maze, rattus-norvegicus, sex differences, spatial cognition, stress, thigmotaxis

2008

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