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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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Assessment of Indoor Air Quality for Group-Housed Macaques (Macaca spp.)

Authors: Annemiek Maaskant, Isabel Janssen, Inge M Wouters, Frank JCM van Eerdenburg, Edmond J Remarque, Jan AM Langermans, Jaco Bakker

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: air quality, airborne fungi, ammonia, dust, endotoxin, humidity, non-human primate, ventilation rate

2022

Differing results for motivation tests and measures of resource use: The value of environmental enrichment to gestating sows housed in stalls

Authors: Monica R. P. Elmore, Joseph P. Garner, Anna K. Johnson, Richard D. Kirkden, Emily G. Patterson-Kane, Brian T. Richert, Edmond A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, compost, operant conditioning, pigs, straw, welfare

2012

If You Knew What Was Good For You! The Value of Environmental Enrichments With Known Welfare Benefits Is Not Demonstrated by Sows Using Operant Techniques

Authors: Monica Renee Pittman Elmore, Joseph Paul Garner, Anna Kerr Johnson, Richard D. Kirkden, Brian Thomas Richert, Edmond Anthony Pajor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichments, operant techniques, sows

2012

Getting around social status: Motivation and enrichment use of dominant and subordinate sows in a group setting

Authors: Monica Renee Pittman Elmore, Joseph Paul Garner, Anna Kerr Johnson, Richard D. Kirkden, Brian Thomas Richert, Edmond Anthony Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, group housing, operant conditioning, pigs, welfare

2011

Measuring Motivation in Swine: The Food-Metric Scale

Authors: Emily G. Patterson-Kane, Richard D. Kirkden, Edmond A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: motivation, swine

2011

A flooring comparison: The impact of rubber mats on the health, behavior, and welfare of group-housed sows at breeding

Authors: Monica R. P. Elmore, Joseph P. Garner, Anna K. Johnson, Brian T. Richert, Edmond A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, comfort, group-housed, rubber mat, sows, welfare

2010

Using preference, motivation and aversion tests to ask scientific questions about animals’ feelings

Authors: Richard D. Kirkden, Edmond A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aversion, choice tests, feelings, motivation, operant tests, preference

2006

Time course of changes in egg-shell quality, faecal corticosteroids and behaviour as welfare measures in laying hens

Authors: M.S. Dawkins, A. Edmond, A. Lord, S. Solomon, M. Bain

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, corticosteroid, hens, preference, shell quality

2004

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