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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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Effects of multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric

Authors: Georgina M Ginnaw, Isla K Davidson, Harry R Harding, Stephen D Simpson, Nicholas W Roberts, Andrew N Radford, Christos C Ioannou

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: colletive behaviour, environmental stressors, gasterosteus aculeatus, group personality, stickleback, thigmotaxis

2020

Neural modulators of temperament: A multivariate approach to personality trait identification in the horse

Authors: Kirsty Roberts, Andrew J. Hemmings, Meriel Moore-Colyer, Matthew O. Parker, Sebastian D. McBride

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, behavior, docility, dopamine, equine, temperament

2016

Using non-invasive faecal hormone metabolite monitoring to detect reproductive patterns, seasonality and pregnancy in red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Nadja Wielebnowski, Diane Gierhahn, Tina Houchens, Astrid Bellem, Amy Roberts, Joan Daniels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay (eia), faecal hormone metabolite, red river hogs, reproduction

2016

Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response

Authors: S. A. Boyle, B. Roberts, B. M. Pope, M. R. Blake, S. E. Leavelle, J. J. Marshall, A. Smith, A. Hadicke, J. F. Falcone, K. Knott, A. J. Kouba

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: asian elephant, captive elephants, endocrinology, maximus, multidisciplinary sciences, national-park, nocturnal behavior, serum cortisol, stress, walking rates, zoo elephants

2015

Cognitive differences in horses performing locomotor versus oral stereotypic behaviour

Authors: Roberts Kirsty, Hemmings Andrew, Moore-Colyer Meriel, Hale Catherine

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dopamine, equine, habit, stereotypy, striatum

2015

In search of the behavioural correlates of optical flow patterns in the automated assessment of broiler chicken welfare

Authors: Marian Stamp Dawkins, Russell Cain, Kathryn Merelie, Stephen J. Roberts

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, broiler chicken welfare, gait, hockburn, optical-flow, pododermatitis

2013

Optical Flow, Flock Behaviour and Chicken Welfare

Authors: M.S. Dawkins, R. Cain, S.J. Roberts

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, collective behavior, collective behaviour, contact dermatitis, gait, gallus gallus, optical-flow, welfare assessment

2012

Spatial navigation strategies in Peromyscus: a comparative study

Authors: Eldin Jašarević, Scott A. Williams, R. Michael Roberts, David C. Geary, Cheryl S. Rosenfeld

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: california mouse, deer mouse, memory, peromyscus, search strategy, sexual selection, spatial learning

2012

The use of a single empirical outcome measure to assess welfare in slaughter plants: between- and within-sector comparisons of the supply base for a major retail multiple

Authors: F. Roberts, A. Lucas, S. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment protocol, outcome measures, quality assurance, slaughterhouse, tesco stores ltd

2012

Environmental Enrichment Reduces Maladaptive Risk-Taking Behavior in Salmon Reared for Conservation

Authors: L.J. Roberts, J. Taylor, C. Garcia de Leaniz

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: anti-predatory behavior, anti-predatory behaviour, boldness, captive breeding, environmental enrichment, maladaptation, salmonid conservation

2011

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