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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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Aggressive sexual behavior of a dromedary bull causing sudden death in a male calf-camel

Authors: Amir Saeed Samimi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: generalized hypoxia, necropsy and histopathology, suffocation, trunk compression, videotaped trials

2019


Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Francesca Booth, Gemma Richards, Laura McGaughey, Christine J. Nicol, Joanne Edgar, John F. Tarlton

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, automated monitoring, domestic fowl, preening, thermography

2018


Assessment of aversion and unconsciousness during exposure to carbon dioxide at high concentration in lambs

Authors: P. Rodríguez, A. Dalmau, X. Manteca, H. Litvan, E. W. Jensen, A. Velarde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, auditory-evoked potential, aversion, carbon dioxide, sheep, stunning

2016


Maximum permissible load for Yonaguni ponies (Japanese landrace horses) trotting over a short, straight course

Authors: A. Matsuura, H. Mano, M. Irimajiri, K. Hodate

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, gait analysis, horse, load, symmetry, weight

2016


Weighing the options for limiting surplus animals

Authors: Cheryl Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, contraception, euthanasia, infertility, welfare

2016


Effect of different management techniques to enhance colostrum intake on piglets’ growth and mortality

Authors: R. Muns, X. Manteca, J. Gasa

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, colostrum intake, colostrum supplementation, management routines, pig, sow

2015


The effects of witnessing managemental procedures during the light versus the dark phase of the light cycle on behaviour, performance and welfare of laboratory rats

Authors: Usama A. Abou-Ismail, Radi A. Mohamed, Sherif Z. El-Kholya

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: laboratory rats, managemental procedures., time of witnessing, welfare

2015


Assessing the welfare of laboratory-housed marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Effects of breeding and infant rearing background

Authors: Hayley Ash

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, colony management, development, litter size, marmosets, rearing background, reproduction, stress resonse

2014


Effects of neonatal castration on social behaviour, human–animal relationship and feeding activity in finishing pigs reared in a conventional or an enriched housing

Authors: Céline Tallet, Armelle Brilloüet, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Valérie Paulmier, Carole Guérin, Armelle Prunier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, castration, housing system, human-animal relationship, pig

2013


Alternative housing systems for fattening bulls under Austrian conditions with special respect to rubberised slatted floors

Authors: C. Rouha-Muelleder, E. Absmanner, E. Kahrer, H. Zeiner, T. Scharl, F. Leisch, C. Stanek, J. Troxler

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fattening bulls, health, housing systems, resting behavior, resting behaviour, rubber mats

2012


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