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

Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

Effect of forage presentation on feed intake behaviour in stabled horses

Authors: Andrea Dorothea Ellis, Michelle Fell, Katherine Luck, Laura Gill, Heather Owen, Hannah Briars, Clare Barfoot, Patricia Harris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, equine, feed intake, haynets, health, welfare

2015

Aspects of reproduction in the eastern rufous mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) and their implications for captive management

Authors: Dorothea Wrogemann, Elke Zimmermann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding success, estrous cycle sex differences, primate, testicular size

2001

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