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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.
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Comparison of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in hand‐versus parent‐reared whooping cranes (Grus americana)

Authors: Megan E Brown, Miranda R Torkelson, Glenn H Olsen, Ashley Krisp, Barry K Hartup

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive rearing, corticosterone, development, reintroduction, whooping cranes

2020

Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations

Authors: L. Reese, M. Ladwig-Wiegard, L. von Fersen, G. Haase, H. Will, R. Merle, D. Encke, H. Maegdefrau, K. Baumgartner, C. Thöne-Reineke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo

2020

Birds choose long-term partners years before breeding

Authors: Claire S. Teitelbaum, Sarah J. Converse, Thomas Mueller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding, mating system, monogamy, nesting, pair formation, whooping crane

2017

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

Reintroduction medicine: Whooping cranes in Wisconsin

Authors: Dominique L. Keller, Barry K. Hartup

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aspergillosis, grus americana, health management, pathogen transfer, preventive medicine

2013

An alternate and reversible method for flight restraint of cranes

Authors: Sen Lin Zhang, Shu Hui Yang, Bing Li, Yan Chun Xu, Jian Hua Ma, Jian Feng Xu, Xian Guang Zhang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: barb, barbule, crane, flight restraint, primary feather, vane

2011

Evaluation of the enteric microflora of captive whooping cranes (Grus americana) and sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis)

Authors: Bryanne M. Hoar, Douglas P. Whiteside, Linda Ward, G. Douglas Inglis, Douglas W. Morck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aerobic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria, campylobacter, captive wildlife, endangered species, normal flora

2007

Behavioral profiles of the captive juvenile whooping crane as an indicator of post-release survival

Authors: Michael D. Kreger, Jeff S. Hatfield, Inma Estevez, George F. Gee, David A. Clugston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: grus americana, hand rearing, parent rearing, predation, reintroduction, whooping crane

2006

Fecal corticoid monitoring in whooping cranes (Grus americana) undergoing reintroduction

Authors: Barry K. Hartup, Glenn H. Olsen, Nancy M. Czekala

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: corticosterone, migration, radioimmunoassay, stress

2005

Artificial insemination in captive whooping cranes: Results from genetic analyses

Authors: Kenneth L. Jones, Jane M. Nicolich

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian, fertilization timing, grus americana, microsatellite DNA, paternity

2001

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