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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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Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals

Authors: Irina Clavadetscher, Monica Bond, Louise Martin, Christian Schiffmann, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo

2021

Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Daryl Codron, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant

2019

Neophobia is linked to behavioural and haematological indicators of stress in captive roe deer

Authors: Chloé Monestier, Nicolas Morellet, Hélène Verheyden, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Eric Bideau, Anaïs Denailhac, Bruno Lourtet, Nicolas Cebe, Denis Picot, Jean-Luc Rames, A. J. Mark Hewison

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, captivity, fructosamine, novel object, physiological parameters, repeatability

2017

Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017

Visual body condition scoring in zoo animals – composite, algorithm and overview approaches

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring (bcs), elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, weight monitoring, zoo animal

2017

Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

Short-term digestible energy intake in captive moose (Alces alces) on different diets

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Gina-Marie Kohlschein, Andreas Peemöller, Jürgen Hummel, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alces alces, alfalfa, browse, browser, feeding, moose

2013

Variation in Growth and Potentially Associated Health Status in Hermann’s and Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo hermanni and Testudo graeca)

Authors: Julia Ritz, Marcus Clauss, W. Jürgen Streich, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, herbivory, pyramiding, reptile

2012

Comparison of indoor and captive, free-roaming management in golden- headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) at Zürich Zoo

Authors: H.W. Steinmetz, R. Zingg, P. Ossent, U. Eulenberger, M. Clauss, J.M. Hatt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, disease, golden-headed lion tamarin, husbandry, reproduction, zoonosis

2011

Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses

Authors: P. Steuer, M. Clauss, K. H. Südekum, J. M. Hatt, S. Silinski, S. Klomburg, W. Zimmermann, J. Fickel, W. J. Streich, J. Hummel

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords: black rhino, fecal particle size, fiber digestion, mean retention time, white rhino

2010

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