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Our Goals

  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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=C.%20A.%20Weeks

Factors affecting the ability of sheep to rest during time in markets in Great Britain

Authors: S. L. Lambton, A. Brouwer, T. G. Knowles, G. Richards, P. T. E. Statham, J. Walton, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, auctions, behaviour, markets, sheep, transport

2017

Provision of a resource package reduces feather pecking and improves ranging distribution on free-range layer farms

Authors: Isabelle C. Pettersson, Claire A. Weeks, Christine J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, feather pecking, laying hens, range use, welfare

2017

Consumer attitudes to injurious pecking in free-range egg production

Authors: R. M. Bennett, P. J. Jones, C. J. Nicol, R. B. Tranter, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, free-range layers, injurious pecking, management strategies, willingness-to-pay

2016

Effects of carprofen, meloxicam and butorphanol on broiler chickens’ performance in mobility tests

Authors: B. Hothersall, G. Caplen, R. M. A. Parker, C. J. Nicol, A. E. Waterman-Pearson, C. A. Weeks, J. C. Murrell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, broiler chicken, lameness, mobility, pain

2016

Farmer attitudes to injurious pecking in laying hens and to potential control strategies

Authors: L. J. Palczynski, H. Buller, S. L. Lambton, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, changing attitudes, injurious pecking, laying hens, management strategies, perception

2016

Behavioural evaluation of analgesic efficacy for pain mitigation in lame sows

Authors: M. D. Pairis-Garcia, A. K. Johnson, K. J. Stalder, C. A. Abell, L. A. Karriker, J. F. Coetzee, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, flunixin meglumine, lameness, meloxicam, swine

2015

Stakeholder views on treating pain due to dehorning dairy calves

Authors: J. A. Robbins, D. M. Weary, C. A. Schuppli, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, calves, dehorning, disbudding, pain

2015

Age over experience: Consistency of aggression and mounting behaviour in male and female pigs

Authors: Corinna C. A. Clark, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, individual differences, sex differences, social behaviour, sus scrofa, temperament

2013

Behaviour of laboratory mice is altered by light pollution within the housing environment

Authors: T. A. Bedrosian, C. A. Vaughn, Z. M. Weil, R. J. Nelson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety, behaviour, circadian, depression, mouse

2013

Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots

Authors: J. Cornejo, E. S. Dierenfeld, C. A. Bailey, D. J. Brightsmith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw

2013

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