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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=Judith%20Benz-Schwarzburg

Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019


Effects of blue- and red-enriched light on attention and sleep in typically developing adolescents

Authors: Petra Studer, Judith M. Brucker, Cornelia Haag, Jessica Van Doren, Gunther H. Moll, Hartmut Heinrich, Oliver Kratz

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adolescents, attention, blue-enriched, light, red-enriched, sleep

2019


Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019


Personality types vary in their personal and social information use

Authors: Judith A. H. Smit, Kees van Oers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: personal information, personality, sampling behaviour, social information, video

2019


Behavior and Welfare of Domestic Cats Housed in Cages Larger than U.S. Norm

Authors: Judith L. Stella, Candace C. Croney, C. Tony Buffington

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, cats, enrichment, welfare

2017


Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality

Authors: Sonja E. Koski, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Hayley Ash, Judith M. Burkart, Thomas Bugnyar, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal breeding, animal personality, interspecies interaction, primates (nonhuman)

2017


Oxytocin is associated with infant-care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys

Authors: Christa Finkenwirth, Eloisa Martins, Tobias Deschner, Judith M. Burkart

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alloparental care, callithrix jacchus, cooperative breeding, hormonal priming, motivation, oxytocin, proactive food sharing

2016


Predator odor exposure increases food-carrying behavior in rats

Authors: Kerstin E. A. Wernecke, Judith Brüggemann, Markus Fendt

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: foraging, fox urine, innate fear, pre-encounter defensive response, risk avoidance

2016


The reporting of animal welfare details in liver research: A review of studies describing bile duct ligation in mice (2011–2013)

Authors: Judith Secklehner, Claire A. Richardson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Hepatology

Keywords: animal welfare, bile duct ligation, mice

2015


Strongly bonded family members in common marmosets show synchronized fluctuations in oxytocin

Authors: Christa Finkenwirth, Carel van Schaik, Toni E. Ziegler, Judith M. Burkart

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, group living, marmoset monkeys, oxytocin synchrony, social bonding

2015


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