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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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More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Emilio Russo, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior

2023


Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations

Authors: Alessandro Dal Bosco, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Steffen Hoy, Melania Martino, Simona Mattioli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Cesare Castellini

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact

2020


Emotional profile of female rats showing binge eating behavior

Authors: Valentina Satta, Maria Scherma, Elisa Giunti, Roberto Collu, Liana Fattore, Walter Fratta, Paola Fadda

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, binge eating disorder, compulsive-like behavior, depression, food intake, high fat diet

2016


How good is this food? A study on dogs’ emotional responses to a potentially pleasant event using infrared thermography

Authors: Tiziano Travain, Elisa Silvia Colombo, Laura Clara Grandi, Eugenio Heinzl, Annalisa Pelosi, Emanuela Prato Previde, Paola Valsecchi

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dog, heart rate, heart rate variability, infrared thermography, positive emotion

2016


Does the attachment system towards owners change in aged dogs?

Authors: Paolo Mongillo, Elisa Pitteri, Paolo Carnier, Gianfranco Gabai, Serena Adamelli, Lieta Marinelli

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aged dogs, attachment, behaviour, salivary cortisol, strange situation test

2013


Reduced proceptivity and sex-motivated behaviors in the female rat after repeated copulation in paced and non-paced mating: Effect of changing the male

Authors: Elisa Ventura-Aquino, Alonso Fernández-Guasti

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: paced and non-paced mating, proceptivity, rat, receptivity, sexual satiety

2013


First observations of nest attendance behavior by wild maned wolves, Chrysocyon brachyurus

Authors: Luiz Fernando Bandeira De Melo, Marco Aurélio Lima Sábato, Elisa M. Vaz Magni, Robert John Young, Carlyle Mendes Coelho

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canids, male behavior, parental care

2009


Corticosterone metabolites in blue tit and pied flycatcher droppings: Effects of brood size, ectoparasites and temperature

Authors: Elisa Lobato, Santiago Merino, Juan Moreno, Judith Morales, Gustavo Tomás, Josué Martínez- de la Puente, José Luis Osorno, Alexandra Kuchar, Erich Möstl

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: brood size, corticosterone, cyanistes caeruleus, droppings, ectoparasites, ficedula hypoleuca, parus caeruleus, weather conditions

2008


Evaluating methods to quantify anthropogenic stressors on wild animals

Authors: Elisa M. Tarlow, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropogenic stressor, breeding success, disturbance, flight initiation distance, fluctuating asymmetry, glucocorticoids, human-impact, mate choice

2007


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