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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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Quantifying Acute Behavioral Reactions of Bali Mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) to Environmental and Progressively Challenging Enrichment

Authors: Eli Baskir, Alayna Parsons, Marija Elden, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: cognitive, glean, interaction, neophobia, peck, pluck

2023

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population

Authors: Jilian M. Fazio, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Edward C. M. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior

2019

First report of a hatched, hand‐reared, and released African oystercatcher

Authors: Romy Klusener, Renata Hurtado, Nicola Stander, Nola J. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hand rearing, oystercatcher, wild animal release

2018

Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd

Authors: Kristina M. Horback, Meghann K. Pierdon, Thomas D. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, group pen, rope, rubber, sow, woodblock

2016

Effects of stocking rate on measures of efficacy and welfare during argon gas euthanasia of weaned pigs

Authors: K. J. Fiedler, R. L. Parsons, L. J. Sadler, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, argon, behaviour, euthanasia, pigs, stocking rate

2016

Effects of stocking rate on measures of efficacy and welfare during carbon dioxide gas euthanasia of young pigs

Authors: K. J. Fiedler, R. L. Parsons, L. J. Sadler, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, carbon dioxide, euthanasia, pigs, stocking rate

2014

Mating status and kin recognition influence the strength of cannibalism

Authors: Whitney Parsons, Wenborui Zhong, Volker H. W. Rudolf

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: confused flour beetle, filial cannibalism, kin recognition, mating status, tribolium confusum

2013

Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo-only and on supplemented diets

Authors: Tommy G. Finley, Robert S. Sikes, Jennifer L. Parsons, Brian J. Rude, Heidi A. Bissell, John R. Ouellette

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calorie, carnivore, digestibility trials, extraction, nutrition, supplements

2011

Feeling Vulnerable? Indirect Risk Cues Differently Influence How Two Marsupials Respond to Novel Dingo Urine

Authors: M.H. Parsons, D.T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: dingo, marsupial, novel, predator, risk cues, urine

2010

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