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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=Joan%20I%20Mead

Gorilla Activities and Social Behavior: Assessing Changes Associated with Absence of Zoo Visitors, Zoo Attendance, Time of Day and Increasing Maturity

Authors: Cathleen R Cox, Jill S Werner, Joan I Mead

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aggression, bachelor group, gorillas, hand-reared, maturity, pandemic, self-directed activity, time of day, visitor effects, zoo attendance

2023

Impact of female contraception for population management on behavior and social interactions in a captive troop of Guinea baboons (Papio papio)

Authors: Tabitha R Taberer, Jasmine Mead, Matthew Hartley, Naomi D Harvey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, baboons, contraception, social interactions

2022

Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Authors: Kelly S. Spratt, Jeffrey S. Spratt, Joan E. Bauman, Charles Ray Chandler

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress

2019

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

Using non-invasive faecal hormone metabolite monitoring to detect reproductive patterns, seasonality and pregnancy in red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Nadja Wielebnowski, Diane Gierhahn, Tina Houchens, Astrid Bellem, Amy Roberts, Joan Daniels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay (eia), faecal hormone metabolite, red river hogs, reproduction

2016

Social and environmental influences on pacing in a female Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)

Authors: Joan E. Rog, Kristen E. Lukas, Jason David Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: malayan sun bear, pacing

2015

Social bonds in female baboons: the interaction between personality, kinship and rank

Authors: Robert M. Seyfarth, Joan B. Silk, Dorothy L. Cheney

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: baboon, dominance rank, female, kinship, papio hamadryas, personality

2014

Chimpanzees share food for many reasons: the role of kinship, reciprocity, social bonds and harassment on food transfers

Authors: Joan B. Silk, Sarah F. Brosnan, Joseph Henrich, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven Shapiro

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, chimpanzee, food sharing, pan troglodytes, prosociality, reciprocity, tolerated theft

2013

Effect of on farm mixing and slaughter strategy on behaviour, welfare and productivity in Duroc finished entire male pigs

Authors: Emma Fàbrega, Xavier Puigvert, Joaquim Soler, Joan Tibau, Antoni Dalmau

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: entire males, mixing, split marketing, wean-to-finish, welfare

2013

A simplified method for extracting androgens from avian egg yolks

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Joan E. Bauman, D. Caldwell Hahn

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: androstenedione, avian yolk, extraction, radioimmunoassay, testosterone

2009

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