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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=Gregory%20E.%20Gilbert

Does Accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Correlate with Animal Welfare Act Compliance?

Authors: Kailer K Riedman, Gregory B Cunningham, Louis DiVincenti

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, aza, oversight, zoo

2022

Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions

Authors: Fatima Ramis, Michaela Mohr, Gregory Kohn, Quincy Gibson, Meredith Bashaw, Dan Maloney, Terry Maple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions

2020

Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Authors: Laureline L. Chaise, Dominic J. McCafferty, Adélie Krellenstein, Susan L. Gallon, William D. Paterson, Marc Théry, André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature

2019

The potential beneficial effect of classical music on heart rate variability in dogs used in veterinary training

Authors: Liza S. Köster, Fortune Sithole, Gregory E. Gilbert, Elpida Artemiou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: classical music, dogs, heart rate variability, stress, welfare

2019

Behavioral and physiological reactions in dogs to a veterinary examination: Owner-dog interactions improve canine well-being

Authors: Erika Csoltova, Michaël Martineau, Alain Boissy, Caroline Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dogs, human-dog interactions, physiology, veterinary exam, well-being

2017

Exposing avian embryos to light affects post-hatch anti-predator fear responses

Authors: Gregory S. Archer, Joy A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avian, embryo, fear, incubation, lateralization, light

2017

Friends give benefits: autumn social familiarity preferences predict reproductive output

Authors: Gregory M. Kohn

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, familiarity, fission–fusion dynamics, reproduction, social dynamics, social network, social niche

2017

Improved capture of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) by placement of knight stick sticky fly traps protected by electric fence inside animal exhibit yards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park

Authors: Jerome A. Hogsette, Gregory A. Ose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: biting fly, fly management, pesticide-free trap, solar power, stomoxys calcitrans

2017

Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps and Killing Neck Snares: Similar Injuries Command Change to Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards

Authors: Gilbert Proulx, Dwight Rodtka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, canids, humaneness, international trapping standards, killing neck snares

2017

A comparison of activity patterns for captive Propithecus tattersalli and Propithecus coquereli

Authors: Gregory L. Wallace, Lisa B. Paquette, Kenneth E. Glander

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allogrooming, coquerel's sifaka, female dominance, golden-crowned sifaka, lemur, social behavior

2016

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