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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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Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Gemma L. Lowe, Trevor J. Watson, Colleen M. Ross, Delphine Rapp, Gosia A. Zobel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare

2017

The ins and outs of the litter box: A detailed ethogram of cat elimination behavior in two contrasting environments

Authors: Ragen T. S. McGowan, Jacklyn J. Ellis, Miles K. Bensky, François Martin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cat, defecation, elimination behavior, litter box, urination, wellbeing

2017

Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

Authors: C. Leidinger, F. Herrmann, C. Thoene-Reineke, N. Baumgart, J. Baumgart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments

Keywords: 3rs, anxiety, balb/c, behavior, clicker training, enrichment, environmental enrichment, issue 121, mouse, multidisciplinary sciences, pigs, positive reinforcement training, rats, refinement, stress response, welfare, well-being

2017

Behavioural characteristics of dogs removed from hoarding situations

Authors: Franklin D. McMillan, Raphaël Vanderstichel, Henrik Stryhn, Jenny Yu, James A. Serpell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, c-barq, dog, hoarding, welfare

2016

Non-invasive urine collection in the female southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) with the aid of classical conditioning

Authors: Alyce M. Swinbourne, Tina Janssen, Clive J. C. Phillips, Stephen D. Johnston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive, marsupial, reproduction, training

2015

Does water or blowing air stimulate cows to defecate?

Authors: Marianne Villettaz Robichaud, Anne Marie de Passillé, Jeffrey Rushen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: defecation, elimination, stimulation, urination, water

2013

Enriching the metabolic cage- effects on rat physiology and behaviour

Authors: D.B. Sørensen, K. Mortensen, T. Bertelsen, K. Vognbjerg

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, enrichmennt, metabolic cage, preference, rat

2008

Does direct human eye contact function as a warning cue for domestic sheep (Ovis aries)?

Authors: Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Kevin J. Stafford, David J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal behavior, animal behaviour, eye contact, ovis aries, sheep, warning cue

2006

Validation of a behavioral observation tool to assess pig welfare

Authors: D. Smulders, G. Verbeke, P. Mormède, R. Geers

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, catecholamine, cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine, on-farm behavior, physiology, pig, stress, welfare, welfare assessment

2006

Housing conditions and behavioural problems of indoor cats as assessed by their owners

Authors: Eva Heidenberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioral problems, behavioural problems, cats, housing conditions, owner, relationship

1997

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