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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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Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Daryl Codron, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant

2019

The role of heart rate monitoring to assess workload during maintenance interval training in National Hunt racehorses

Authors: Jane Williams, Kieran Kenworthy, Tim Jones, David Marlin, Gillian Tabor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: equine, fitness, heart rate, horseracing, training, welfare

2019

Blue foxes’ (Vulpes lagopus) motivation to gain access and interact with various resources

Authors: Tarja Koistinen, Hannu T. Korhonen, Elina Hämäläinen, Jaakko Mononen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cage, enrichment, fur farming, latency, vulpes lagopus

2016

The effects of transport, riot control training and night patrols on the workload and stress of mounted police horses

Authors: Carolien C. B. M. Munsters, Jan van den Broek, René van Weeren, Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour score, heart rate, police horse, stress, workload

2013

Is sentinel behaviour safe? An experimental investigation

Authors: Amanda R. Ridley, Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Alex M. Thompson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cooperative breeding, kin selection, pied babbler, safe location, selfish sentinel, sentinel behaviour, turdoides bicolor

2013

The Welfare of Young Polish Konik Horses Subjected to Agricultural Workload

Authors: Witold Kȩdzierski, Michał Pluta

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: agriculture, horses, welfare, working horse

2013

Repeatability of a skin tent test for dehydration in working horses and donkeys

Authors: J.C. Pritchard, A.R.S. Barr, H.R. Whay

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dehydration, donkey, horse, repeatability, skin tent

2007

The value of environmental resources to domestic hens: a comparison of the work-rate for food and for nests as a function of time

Authors: J.J. Cooper, M.C. Appleby

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral priorities, behavioural priorities, feeding motivation, laying hens, nesting behavior, nesting behaviour, operant behavior

2003

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