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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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Evaluation of visible eye white and maximum eye temperature as non-invasive indicators of stress in dairy cows

Authors: Y. Gómez, R. Bieler, A. K. Hankele, M. Zähner, P. Savary, E. Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle crush, claw trimming, feed rack, heart rate variability, saliva cortisol

2018

Contact with cows during the young age increases social competence and lowers the cardiac stress reaction in dairy calves

Authors: Cornelia Buchli, Alice Raselli, Rupert Bruckmaier, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alternative calf rearing, confrontation, dairy calves, dam rearing, isolation, stress reactivity

2017

Effects of feeding management and group composition on agonistic behaviour of group-housed horses

Authors: Joan-Bryce Burla, Anic Ostertag, Antonia Patt, Iris Bachmann, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, equine, feeding system, forage availability, individual distance, locomotor-activity

2016

Effects of sounds of different quality on the behaviour and heart beat parameters of goats

Authors: Julia Johns, Antonia Patt, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: goat, habituation, noise, playback, stress

2015

Group composition for fattening entire male pigs under enriched housing conditions—Influences on behaviour, injuries and boar taint compounds

Authors: Mirjam Holinger, Barbara Früh, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, androstenone, mounting, organic, skin injuries

2015

Effects of restraint with or without blinds at the feed barrier on feeding and agonistic behaviour in horned and hornless goats

Authors: Edna Hillmann, Sandra Hilfiker, Nina Maria Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, dominance rank, feed barrier, feeding duration, goat, horns

2014

Behavioural and physiological reactions of goats confronted with an unfamiliar group either when alone or with two peers

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, introduction, social behaviour, social support, stress

2013

Factors influencing the welfare of goats in small established groups during the separation and reintegration of individuals

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, isolation, loose-housing, social behaviour, stress

2013

Influence of gentle touching applied few weeks before slaughter on avoidance distance and slaughter stress in finishing cattle

Authors: Johanna K. Probst, Edna Hillmann, Florian Leiber, Michael Kreuzer, Anet Spengler Neff

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle, handling, human-animal relationship, slaughter stress, tactile stimulation

2013

Mother rearing of dairy calves: Reactions to isolation and to confrontation with an unfamiliar conspecific in a new environment

Authors: Kathrin Wagner, Kerstin Barth, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Andreas Futschik, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dam rearing, early social environment, heart rate, saliva cortisol, social behaviour

2013

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