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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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Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019


The importance of hormonal circadian rhythms in daily feeding patterns: An illustration with simulated pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Imke J. M. de Boer, Gert Jan Hofstede, Susanne E. la Fleur, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alternans pattern, circadian rhythm, cortisol, decision-making, energy balance, feeding behaviour, melatonin, modelling, motivation, pig

2017


Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of horses exposed to short-term emotional treatments

Authors: Sara Hintze, Eimear Murphy, Iris Bachmann, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural expression, emotional state, free choice profiling, horse, qualitative behaviour assessment

2017


Toward a Choice-Based Judgment Bias Task for Horses

Authors: Sara Hintze, Emma Roth, Iris Bachmann, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, emotional state, horse, mood

2017


Agent-based modelling in applied ethology: An exploratory case study of behavioural dynamics in tail biting in pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Gert Jan Hofstede, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agent-based model, behavioural patterns, motivation, tail biting behaviour, time-budget, welfare

2016


Are Eyes a Mirror of the Soul? What Eye Wrinkles Reveal about a Horse’s Emotional State

Authors: S. Hintze, S. Smith, A. Patt, I. Bachmann, H. Wurbel

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: emotional states, eyes, horses

2016


The effect of a diet change on regurgitation and reingestion in captive chimpanzees

Authors: Iris Mulder, Raymond van der Meer, Han de Vries, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, diet change, regurgitation and reingestion

2016


Effects of feeding management and group composition on agonistic behaviour of group-housed horses

Authors: Joan-Bryce Burla, Anic Ostertag, Antonia Patt, Iris Bachmann, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, equine, feeding system, forage availability, individual distance, locomotor-activity

2016


No increased stress response in horses on small and electrically fenced paddocks

Authors: Annina Glauser, Dominik Burger, Hendrika Anette van Dorland, Lorenz Gygax, Iris Bachmann, Michelle Howald, Rupert M. Bruckmaier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cortisol, electric fence, heart rate variability, horse, saliva, stress

2015


The physiological consequences of crib-biting in horses in response to an ACTH challenge test

Authors: S. B. Freymond, D. Bardou, E. F. Briefer, R. Bruckmaier, N. Fouche, J. Fleury, A. L. Maigrot, A. Ramseyer, K. Zuberbuhler, I. Bachmann

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animals, behavior, behavioral sciences, biological, coping strategy, heart rate, indicators, mice, model, psychology, stereotypies, stereotypy, stress physiology, stress reactivity, welfare

2015


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