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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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Associations between milk intake and activity in the first days of a calf’s life and later growth and health

Authors: Anne Marie de Passillé, Marine Rabeyrin, Jeffrey Rushen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, calf vigour, dairy calf, health, milk intake, weight gain

2016

Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors

Authors: M. R. Holdgate, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, L. J. Miller, J. Rushen, A. M. de Passille, J. Soltis, J. Andrews, D. J. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo

2016

An assessment tool to help producers improve cow comfort on their farms

Authors: E. Vasseur, J. Gibbons, J. Rushen, D. Pellerin, E. Pajor, D. Lefebvre, A. M. de Passillé

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: assessment tool, dairy cow comfort, freestall, tiestall

2015

The effect of nursing on the cow–calf bond

Authors: Julie Føske Johnsen, Anne Marie de Passille, Cecilie Marie Mejdell, Knut Egil Bøe, Ann Margaret Grøndahl, Annabelle Beaver, Jeffrey Rushen, Daniel M. Weary

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy, dam rearing, growth, maternal bond

2015

Dairy calves’ adaptation to group housing with automated feeders

Authors: Mayumi Fujiwara, Jeffrey Rushen, Anne Marie de Passillé

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: automated feeders, dairy calf, group housing, welfare

2014

PRESLAUGHTER HANDLING | Welfare Including Housing Conditions

Authors: A. M. de Passillé, J. Rushen

Publication/Journal: Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences (Second Edition)

Keywords: behavior, behavioral deprivation, cattle, consumer, fear, health, pain, physiology, pigs, poultry, stress, welfare

2014

Does water or blowing air stimulate cows to defecate?

Authors: Marianne Villettaz Robichaud, Anne Marie de Passillé, Jeffrey Rushen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: defecation, elimination, stimulation, urination, water

2013

Assessing calf play behavior in an arena test

Authors: Erin M. Mintline, Sara L. Wood, Anne Marie de Passillé, Jeffrey Rushen, Cassandra B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: arena, calves, open field, play, run

2012

Assessing the welfare of dairy calves: outcome-based measures of calf health versus input-based measures of the use of risky management practices

Authors: E. Vasseur, D. Pellerin, A. M. de Passill, C. Winckler, B. J. Lensink, U. Knierim, J. Rushen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy calves, health, management, on-farm assessment, producers' attitude

2012

Automated monitoring of behavioural-based animal welfare indicators

Authors: J. Rushen, N. Chapinal, Passill de, A. M.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, automated monitoring, behavioural indicators, farm animals, on-farm assessment

2012

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