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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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TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals

2023

Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Josie E Thal, Praanjal Das, Nick J Zarlinga, Kristen E Lukas, Jason D Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Ethology

Keywords: agonistic behavior, feeding competition, piranha, zoo

2022

The Effect of environmental enrichment on Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae) under captivity conditions

Authors: Ana Gabriela Dantur, Alejandra M Hurtado, Silvia N Chamut

Publication/Journal: Acta Zoológica Lilloana

Keywords: behaviour, enclosures, ethogram, reptiles, welfare

2022

Evaluation of Sound Enrichment in the Behavior of Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)(Primates: Cebidae) in Captivity

Authors: Alana Marques dos Santos, Márcio Borba da Silva, Isabela Sousa Prado, Edma Santos de Antonio, Ana Tereza Teixeira Silva Dourado, Barbara Silva Alves, Patricia Belini Nishiyama, Laize Tomazi, Ricardo Evangelista Fraga

Publication/Journal: Primate Conservation

Keywords: classical music, non-human primates, sensory enrichment

2022

Is item hiding a good enrichment strategy to reduce stereotypic behaviors and increase social interactions in captive female spectacled bears?

Authors: Ana Julia Sant'Ana Correa, Erick Mateus Barros, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal behavior, ethology, mammal, zoo

2022

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Behavioural Diversity Study in Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Groups and Its Implications for Welfare Assessments

Authors: Fabienne Delfour, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Daniel García-Párraga, Cristina Pilenga, Agathe Serres, Isabelle Brasseur, Ana Pascaud, Enrique Perlado-Campos, Guillermo J Sánchez-Contreras, Katrin Baumgartner

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, bottlenose dolphin, marine mammals, welfare assessment, welfare indicator

2021

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish

Authors: Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Guilherme Delgado Martins, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare

2021

Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

Authors: Manuela Lombardi Brandão, Felipe Dorigão‐Guimarães, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, André Vitor Salinas Pereira, Lethicia Vian, Thais Billalba Carvalho, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: Angelfish, cognitive ability, environmental enrichment, feeding, reproduction, social interaction

2021

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