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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=J.%20D.%20Sheldon

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019


Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants

Authors: J. L. Brown, K. Carlstead, J. D. Bray, D. Dickey, C. Farin, K. Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: behavior, choice, hormones, indicators, maximus, noninvasive assessment, Salivary cortisol secretion, serum, stress responses, welfare

2019


Visual Processing of Faces in Juvenile Western Lowland Gorillas without the Use of Training or Reinforcement: A Pilot Study

Authors: S. Chertoff, S. Margulis, J. D. Rodgers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: eye tracking, gorilla, human, visual processing

2018


The effect of trough space and floor space on feeding and welfare of lambs in an intensive finishing system

Authors: Ellen C. Jongman, Maxine Rice, Angus J. D. Campbell, Kym L. Butler, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeder space, feeding behaviour, feedlot, floor space, growth, lambs

2017


Evaluation of brainstem disruption following penetrating captive-bolt shot in isolated cattle heads: comparison of traditional and alternative shot-placement landmarks

Authors: J. N. Gilliam, J. K. Shearer, R. J. Bahr, S. Crochik, J. Woods, J. Hill, J. Reynolds, J. D. Taylor

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brainstem, captive bolt, cattle, euthanasia, shot placement

2016


Play in Rats: Association across Contexts and Types, and Analysis of Structure

Authors: L. Melotti, J. D. Bailoo, E. Murphy, O. Burman, H. Würbel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, play, rat, social play, tickling

2014


Do Chimpanzee Nests Serve an Anti-Predatory Function?

Authors: Fiona A. Stewart, J. D. Pruetz

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bed, nest, predation, savanna chimpanzee, shelter

2013


Milk bottles revisited: social learning and individual variation in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus

Authors: Lucy M. Aplin, Ben C. Sheldon, Julie Morand-Ferron

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: blue tit, cyanistes caeruleus, innovation, observational learning, social information, two-action method

2013


Captive-bolt euthanasia of cattle: determination of optimal-shot placement and evaluation of the Cash Special Euthanizer Kit for euthanasia of cattle

Authors: J. N. Gilliam, J. K. Shearer, J. Woods, J. Hill, J. Reynolds, J. D. Taylor, R. J. Bahr, S. Crochik, T. A. Snider

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, cattle, computed tomography, euthanasia, shot placement

2012


A Fruit in Hand is Worth Many More in the Bush: Steep Spatial Discounting by Free-Ranging Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: J. D. Kralik, W. W. L. Sampson

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: choice, decision-making, reward, rhesus monkeys, spatial discounting

2012


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