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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=Eoin%20O%27Sullivan

Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?

Authors: Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Eoin O'Sullivan, Genevieve Moat, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Keywords:

2023


The visitor effect in zoo-housed apes: the variable effect on behaviour of visitor number and noise

Authors: Anita Hashmi, Matthew Sullivan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: apes, behaviour, visitor effect, welfare

2020


Successful treatment of infertility in a female Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

Authors: Neil Maclachlan, Gordon Hunt, Sarah Fowkes, Melissa Frost, John Miller, Gari Purcell-Jones, Peter Sullivan, Alberto Barbon, Andrew Routh, Francisco J. López, Eluned C. Price

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hysterosalpingography (hsg), operant conditioning, pressurized fallopian tube perfusion, proximal tube obstruction (pto), ultrasound

2017


Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Authors: Kathleen Sullivan, Katherine Kerr, Rachel Wanty, Bryan Amaral, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Eduardo Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity

2016


Why did the fish cross the tank? Objectively measuring the value of enrichment for captive fish

Authors: Miriam Sullivan, Craig Lawrence, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquarium, carassius auratus, enrichment, motivational test, ornamental fish, preference

2016


Diagnosing domoic acid toxicosis in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) using behavioral criteria: A novel approach

Authors: Christiana Wittmaack, Garet P. Lahvis, Edward O. Keith, Caryn Self-Sullivan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, california sea lion, diagnostics, domoic acid, habs, pseudonitzschia, zalophus californianus

2015


Impact of Different Forms of Environmental Enrichment on Foraging and Activity Levels in Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: K. Charmoy, T. Sullivan, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, gorilla, randomized feeding

2015


Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analyses of nutrient composition and condensed tannin concentrations in carolina willow (Salix caroliniana)

Authors: Shana R. Lavin, Kathleen E. Sullivan, Stuart C. Wooley, Koni Stone, Scott Russell, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload, nutrition

2015


Nutrient and plant secondary compound composition and iron-binding capacity in leaves and green stems of commonly used plant browse (Carolina willow; Salix caroliniana) fed to zoo-managed browsing herbivores

Authors: S. R. Lavin, K. E. Sullivan, S. C. Wooley, R. Robinson, S. Singh, K. Stone, S. Russell, E. V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload

2015


A standardized ethogram for the felidae: A tool for behavioral researchers

Authors: Lauren Ashley Stanton, Matthew Stephen Sullivan, Jilian Marie Fazio

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, cat, definition, ethogram, felidae, review

2015


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