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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.
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Pair-bonding and companion recognition in domestic donkeys, Equus asinus

Authors: Leigh M. A. Murray, Katharine Byrne, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: companion recognition, donkeys, pair-bonding, welfare, y-maze

2013


Testosterone modulates spatial recognition memory in male rats

Authors: Wayne R. Hawley, Elin M. Grissom, Ryan C. Martin, Miklos B. Halmos, Corrine L. S. Bart, Gary P. Dohanich

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: body weight, ischiocavernosus muscle, spatial recognition memory, testosterone

2013


Investigations on Training, Recall and Reversal Learning of a Y-Maze by Dwarf Goats (Capra hircus): The Impact of Lateralisation

Authors: J. Langbein

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: dwarf goats, lateralisation, learning, memory, reversal learning, y-maze

2012


The Choice Behaviour of Pigs in a Y Maze: Effects of Deprivation of Feed, Social Contact and Bedding

Authors: Hemsworth PH, Smith K, Karlen MG, Arnold NA, Moeller SJ, Barnett JL.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: *choice behavior, animal welfare, choice behaviour, growth, pig, preference, y-maze

2011


Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task

Authors: L.A. Buckley, L.M. McMillan, V. Sandilands, B.J. Tolkamp, P.M. Hocking, R.B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress

2011


African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) Can Detect Dimethyl Sulphide, a Prey-Related Odour

Authors: G.B. Cunningham, V. Strauss, P.G. Ryan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: african penguin, dimethyl sulphide, foraging behavior, foraging behaviour, olfaction, spheniscus demersus

2008


Discrimination of conspecifics by juvenile domestic pigs, Sus scrofa

Authors: Morven A. McLeman, Michael Mendl, R. Bryan Jones, Rodger White, Christopher M. Wathes

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: conspecific assessment, conspecifics, dominance hierarchies, pigs, social recogntition

2005


Preference of domestic rabbits for grass or coarse mix feeds

Authors: T.K. Leslie, L. Dalton, C.J.C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, coarse mix, grazing, pasture, preference, rabbit

2004


The effect of contact with conspecifics and humans on calves’ behaviour and stress responses

Authors: Raussi, S.; Lensink, B.J.; Boissy, A.; Pyykkönent, M.; Veissier, I.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acth challenge, animal welfare, behaviour, cattle, housing, human-animal interactions

2003


How do miniature pigs discriminate between people? Discrimination between people wearing coveralls of the same colour

Authors: Y. Koba, H. Tanida

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal relationships, learning, pigs, recognition

2001


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