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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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Repeatability of measures of behavioral organization over two years in captive infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta

Authors: Alexander J. Pritchard, John P. Capitanio, Laura Del Rosso, Brenda McCowan, Jessica J. Vandeleest

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: biobehavioral assessment, emotionality, infant temperament, macaca-mulatta, personality-traits, rhesus macaque

2024

The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry

Authors: Bruce Quintin Mann, Ryan Daly, Russell Bruce Dixon, John David Filmalter, Taryn Sara Murray, Paul Denfer Cowley, Robert Kyle, Simon Chater, Judy Brenda Mann-Lang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World

2023

The Iconic Philippine Coral Reef at Steinhart Aquarium: The Husbandry, Welfare, Behavior, and Veterinary Care Considerations of a Large Multi-Taxa Living Coral Reef System

Authors: Lana Krol, Brenda Melton, J. Charles Delbeek, Freeland H. Dunker, Bart Shepherd

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic animal medicine, coral husbandry, coral reefs, public aquariums

2023

Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in longtailed macaques

Authors: Pascal R. Marty, Brianne Beisner, Stefano S. K. Kaburu, Krishna Balasubramaniam, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Nadine Ruppert, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Ahmad Ismail, Małgorzata E. Arlet, Edward R. Atwill, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic environment, human–wildlife interactions, nonhuman primates, social interactions, stress, time constraints

2019

Coping style and cortisol levels in infancy predict hair cortisol following new group formation in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Julie B. Linden, John P. Capitanio, Brenda McCowan, Lynne A. Isbell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: glucocorticoids, personality, social instability

2018

Personality, environmental stressors, and diarrhea in Rhesus macaques: An interactionist perspective

Authors: Daniel H. Gottlieb, Laura Del Rosso, Farnoosh Sheikhi, Andrea Gottlieb, Brenda McCowan, John P. Capitanio

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: diarrhea, macaque, personality, primate, temperament

2018

Do “birds of a feather flock together” or do “opposites attract”? Behavioral responses and temperament predict success in pairings of rhesus monkeys in a laboratory setting

Authors: John P. Capitanio, Shelley A. Blozis, Jessica Snarr, Adrianne Steward, Brenda J. McCowan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: pairing, sex differences, socialization, temperament, welfare

2017

Laboratory rhesus macaque social housing and social changes: Implications for research

Authors: Darcy L. Hannibal, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Jessica Vandeleest, Brenda McCowan, John Capitanio

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: enrichment, heterogeneous environment, pairing, peer interaction

2017

The effects of predictability in daily husbandry routines on captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Daniel H. Gottlieb, Kristine Coleman, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: husbandry, predictability, rhesus, timing of feeding

2013

Risk factors for stereotypic behavior and self-biting in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): Animal’s history, current environment, and personality

Authors: Daniel H. Gottlieb, John P. Capitanio, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: management, personality, rhesus, risk factor, self-abuse, stereotypy

2013

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