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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.%20W.%20Rankin

A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot

Authors: O. Panagiotopoulou, J. W. Rankin, S. M. Gatesy, J. R. Hutchinson

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: hoof care, horse, horse racing, horse shoes, welfare

2016

The role of weighted and topological network information to understand animal social networks: a null model approach

Authors: Robert W. Rankin, Janet Mann, Lisa Singh, Eric M. Patterson, Ewa Krzyszczyk, Lars Bejder

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bias, bottlenose dolphin, community structure, maximum entropy, network topology, social network

2016

Individualism and Nonindividualism in the Application of Nonhuman Animal Welfare to Policy

Authors: J. W. Yeates

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, policy

2013

Measuring foot-pad lesions in commercial broiler houses. Some aspects of methodology

Authors: I. C. de Jong, J. van Harn, H. Gunnink, A. Lourens, J. W. van Riel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, foot pad dermatitis, inaccuracy, on-farm monitoring, sampling method

2012

Is ‘a life worth living’ a concept worth having?

Authors: J. W. Yeates

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, euthanasia, insentience, life worth avoiding, life worth living, quality of life

2011

Is welfare all that matters? A discussion of what should be included in policy-making regarding animals

Authors: J. W. Yeates, H. cklinsberg, M. Gjerris

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal ethics, animal welfare, animal welfare science, death, integrity, policy-making

2011

Physiological and health consequences of social status in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Authors: Amy L. Filby, Gregory C. Paull, Emily J. Bartlett, Katrien J. W. Van Look, Charles R. Tyler

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: danio rerio, dominance, fish welfare, health, hierarchy, physiology, social status, zebrafish

2010

Behavioural development of pigs with different coping characteristics in barren and substrate-enriched housing conditions

Authors: J. E. Bolhuis, W. G. P. Schouten, J. W. Schrama, V. M. Wiegant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping strategy, environmental enrichment, housing, ontogeny, personality, pig welfare

2005

Immunocontraception of captive exotic species. I. Przewalski’s horses (Equus przewalskii) and banteng (Bos javanicus)

Authors: Jay F. Kirkpatrick, Waltraut Zimmermann, Lydia Kolter, I. K. M. Liu, J. W. Turner

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: contraception, immunocontraception, surplus animals, ungulates

1995

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