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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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Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response

Authors: Steinman,K. J., Robeck,T. R., Fetter,G. A., Schmitt,T. L., Osborn,S., DiRocco,S., Nollens,H. H., O’Brien,J. K.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science

Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress

2020


Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Matthew B. Petelle, Julien G. A. Martin, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: activity, aggression, exploration, maintenance, pace-of-life hypothesis, personality, risk, state-dependent safety hypothesis, yellow-bellied marmot

2019


Face-based perception of emotions in dairy goats

Authors: Lucille G. A. Bellegarde, Marie J. Haskell, Christine Duvaux-Ponter, Alexander Weiss, Alain Boissy, Hans W. Erhard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, ear postures, emotions, face, goats

2017


Relationship between behavioural diversity and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites: a case study with cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: L. J. Miller, C. B. Pisacane, G. A. Vicino

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acinonyx jubatus, adrenal activity, animal welfare, behavioural diversity, cheetah, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites

2016


Effect of a screen with flaps and straw on behaviour, stress response, productive performance and meat quality in indoor feedlot lambs

Authors: L. A. Aguayo-Ulloa, M. Pascual-Alonso, J. L. Olleta, C. Sañudo, G. C. Miranda-de la Lama, G. A. María

Publication/Journal: Meat Science

Keywords: enriching items, indoor housing, intensive system, lamb welfare, meat quality

2015


Dermatitis prompted by a collar employed in radio-telemetry monitoring

Authors: G. A. Ferreira, M. L. Pinto, E. Nakano-Oliveira, G. Genaro

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, atlantic forest, dermatitis, felis silvestris catus, radio-collar, telemetry

2013


Development of boldness and docility in yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Matthew B. Petelle, Dakota E. McCoy, Vanessa Alejandro, Julien G. A. Martin, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, boldness, docility, marmota flaviventris, ontogeny, personality, yellow-bellied marmot

2013


Play behavior as an indicator of animal welfare: Disbudding in dairy calves

Authors: Erin M. Mintline, Mairi Stewart, Andrea R. Rogers, Neil R. Cox, Gwyneth A. Verkerk, Joseph M. Stookey, James R. Webster, Cassandra B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, dairy calf, disbudding, pain, play-behavior

2013


A Survey of Diabetes Prevalence in Zoo-housed Primates

Authors: C. W. Kuhar, G. A. Fuller, P. M. Dennis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity level, animal health, diet, nutrition, primates, weight gain

2013


Effects of local anesthetic and a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug on pain responses of dairy calves to hot-iron dehorning

Authors: M. Stewart, J. M. Stookey, K. J. Stafford, C. B. Tucker, A. R. Rogers, S. K. Dowling, G. A. Verkerk, A. L. Schaefer, J. R. Webster

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: analgesia, dairy calf, hot-iron dehorning, local anesthetic

2009


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