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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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Neuropeptidergic regulation of pair-bonding and stress buffering: Lessons from voles

Authors: Kyle Gobrogge, Zuoxin Wang

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, autism, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, depression, dopamine, drug abuse, nucleus accumbens, paraventricular nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus, passive stress-coping, posterior dorsal medial amygdala, social bonding, stress, vasopressin, ventral tegmental area

2015

Critical care and survival of fragile animals: The case of Prrxl1 knockout mice

Authors: Clara Monteiro, Margarida Dourado, Mariana Matos, Isabel Duarte, Sofia Lamas, Vasco Galhardo, Deolinda Lima

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: colony management, early lethality, housing, mouse, pain

2014

Prolonged Pain Research in Mice: Trends in Reference to the 3Rs

Authors: Jonathan Balcombe, Hope Ferdowsian, Lauren Briese

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: 3rs, mice, pain, trends

2013

Effects of growth hormone transgenes on the behavior and welfare of aquacultured fishes: A review identifying research needs

Authors: E. Hallerman, E. McLean, I. Fleming

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquaculture, behavior, fish, growth hormone, transgenic, welfare

2007

Analyzing corticosterone metabolites in fecal samples of mice: a noninvasive technique to monitor stress hormones

Authors: Chadi Touma, Rupert Palme, Norbert Sachser

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth challenge, adrenocortical activity, behavioral science, circadian rhythm, corticosterone, dexamethasone suppression, feces, mouse, noninvasive monitoring, steroid metabolites

2004

Ethical decisions concerning animal biotechnology- what is the role of animal welfare science

Authors: I.A.S. Olsson, P. Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal biotechnology, animal welfare, ethics, gene technology, reproductive technology, transgenic

2004

Outline of a risk assessment: the welfare of future xeno-donor pigs

Authors: K. Dahl, P. Sandoet, P.F. Johnsent, J. Lassent, A. Kornerup Hansen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, organ donor, risk-assessment, transgenesis, xeno-donor, xenotransplantation

2003

Impact of transgenic procedures on behavioral and physiological responses in postweaning mice

Authors: Miriam van der Meer, Vera Baumans, Berend Olivier, Bert L. M. van Zutphen

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavioral tests, corticotropin, microinjection, transgenic mice, transgenic procedures, welfare

2001

Welfare consideration with regard to transgenic animals

Authors: T.B. Poole

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, gene transfer, transgenic animals

1995

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