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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=Elizabeth%20A.%20Koutsos

Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years

Authors: Emma S McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cognition, primate, zoo

2022

Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Rachel Grant, Catrina Steedman, Tiffani J Howell, Phillip C Arena, Angelo JL Lambiris, Ann-Elizabeth Nash, Mike Jessop, Anthony Pilny, Melissa Amarello

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body posture, enclosure size, literature review, reptile husbandry, space

2021

URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)

Authors: Tarra Freel, Elizabeth Koutsos, Larry J Minter, Troy N Tollefson, Frank Ridgley, Janine L Brown, Dustin Smith, Heather Scott, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare

2021

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs

Authors: Chloe E Grotto, Tanja Wolf, Elizabeth Berkeley, Stephen Lee, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: African Zoology

Keywords: conservation, elephant, endocrinology, faecal, physiology, stress

2020

Play in Elephants: Wellbeing, Welfare or Distraction?

Authors: C Elizabeth Webber, Phyllis C Lee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive wellbeing, comparative play rates, early development, elephant play

2020

Utilizing Camera Traps, Closed Circuit Cameras and Behavior Observation Software to Monitor Activity Budgets, Habitat Use, and Social Interactions of Zoo-Housed Asian Elephants (Elephus maximus)

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Tony Barthel, Elizabeth W Freeman, Kay Garlick-Ott, Anne Scholle, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, camera traps, ex-situ management, ZooMonitor

2020

Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population

Authors: Jilian M. Fazio, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Edward C. M. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior

2019

Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sonja E. Koski, Sarah-Jane Vick, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning

2019

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