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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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Influence of social enrichment on transport stress in fish: a behavioural approach

Authors: M. Jones, M. E. Alexander, S. Lightbody, D. Snellgrove, P. Smith, S. Bramhall, F. L. Henriquez, I. McLellan, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, ornamental fish, social composition, welfare

2023

Influence of social enrichment on transport stress in fish: a behavioural approach

Authors: M Jones, ME Alexander, S Lightbody, D Snellgrove, P Smith, S Bramhall, FL Henriquez, I McLellan, KA Sloman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, ornamental fish, social composition, welfare

2023

Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: M. Vanderzwalmen, E. Edmonds, P. Carey, D. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare

2020

Mild maternal stress disrupts associative learning and increases aggression in offspring

Authors: L. Eaton, E. J. Edmonds, T. B. Henry, D. L. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: guppies, maternal effects, mirror-image test, plus-maze learning, viviparity

2015

The effect of group size on the behaviour and welfare of four fish species commonly kept in home aquaria

Authors: Amelia Saxby, Leoni Adams, Donna Snellgrove, Rod W. Wilson, Katherine A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: barbus tetrazona, environmental enrichment, novel object, paracheirodon innesi, pterophyllum scalare, stocking density, tanichthys albonubes

2010

Physiology and behaviour of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts during commercial land and sea transport

Authors: M. Nomura, K. Sloman, M. Vonkeyserlingk, A. Farrell

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: atlantic salmon smolts, commercial transport, cortisol, farmed salmon, live-haul, schooling behaviour, smoltification, transport stress

2009

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