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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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Activity Budget Comparisons Using Long-Term Observations of a Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care: Implications for Animal Welfare

Authors: Tim Huettner, Sandra Dollhaeupl, Ralph Simon, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budgets, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, dolphin behavior, keeper ratings, zoo animal behavior

2021

Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Eli Baskir, Helen L Clawitter, Ashley D Franklin, Tim Thier, Martha Fischer, David M Powell, Cheryl S Asa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing

2021

Development of a welfare assessment protocol for dairy calves from birth through to weaning

Authors: J. Barry, E. Kennedy, R. Sayers, I. J. M. de Boer, E. A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, dairy calves, health, housing, management

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

Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

Authors: S. M. Brown, R. Peters, I. M. Nevison, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning

2018

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics

Authors: Cristina Zomeño, Marco Birolo, Andrea Zuffellato, Gerolamo Xiccato, Angela Trocino

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does

2017

Evaluating measures of exploratory behaviour in sows around farrowing and during lactation—A pilot study

Authors: Anna Valros, Lene Juul Pedersen, Merja Pöytäkangas, Margit Bak Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: energy status, exploration, lactation, manipulable object, novel object, sow

2017

Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey

2017

Gangs of piglets: Welfare and growth of imprinted and guided weaners

Authors: Nikolina Mesarec, Maja Prevolnik Povše, Dejan Škorjanc, Janko Skok

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pig, growth, imprinting, post-weaning aggression, weaning

2017

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