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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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Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Authors: Leilani Konrad, Jessica A Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B Johnson, Karl A Mayer, Michael J Murray, Teri E Nicholson, Michelle M Staedler, Colleen Young

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aquarium, collaboration, southern sea otter, surrogacy, wildlife rehabilitation

2022

Feeding practices for captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Europe: A survey in EEP zoos

Authors: Isabel Gussek, Stefan Hirsch, Monika Hartmann, Karl-Heinz Südekum, Jürgen Hummel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: browse, concentrate, dietary proportion, dry matter intake, forage, produce

2017

A novel approach to studying enclosure and support usage in siamangs: using a 3D computer model

Authors: Colleen Goh, Mary L Blanchard, Karl T Bates, Phillip L Manning, Robin H Crompton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: 3d model, behaviour, captive primates, enclosure usage, locomotion, support usage

2017

Saving the mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci): Assessment of the genetic status of captive bongos as a source for genetic reinforcement of wild populations

Authors: Paul Donoghue, Karl Gruber, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Andrew Kitchener, Emily Donoghue, Yoshan Moodley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bongo, genetic augmentation, microsatellites, one plan approach, tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci

2017

Husbandry and enclosure influences on penguin behavior and conservation breeding

Authors: Andrew R. Marshall, Nicolas J. Deere, Holly A. Little, Ross Snipp, Jackie Goulder, Stacey Mayer-Clarke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exhibit design, fecundity, glm, sphenisciformes, swimming, welfare

2016

A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 1. Behavioural responses

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David G. Mayer, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, ketoprofen, pain, stress

2014

A comparison of welfare outcomes for weaner and mature Bos indicus bulls surgically or tension band castrated with or without analgesia: 2. Responses related to stress, health and productivity

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David G. Mayer, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, cortisol, inflammation, ketoprofen, pain

2014

Chemical signals of age, sex and identity in black rhinoceros

Authors: Wayne L. Linklater, Katharina Mayer, Ronald R. Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros bicornis var. minor, dung, faeces, hook-lipped rhinoceros, individual discrimination, olfactory communication, signal, urine

2013

Old male mating advantage results from sexual conflict in a butterfly

Authors: Isabell Karl, Klaus Fischer

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bicyclus anynana, cooperation–conflict balance, refractory period, remating propensity, reproductive effort, resource-holding potential

2013

Sex differences in oxytocin receptor binding in forebrain regions: Correlations with social interest in brain region- and sex- specific ways

Authors: Kelly M. Dumais, Remco Bredewold, Thomas E. Mayer, Alexa H. Veenema

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, estrogen, estrus, female, male, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor, rats, sex differences, social interest

2013

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