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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=Katharine%20Hope

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020


Characterization of multiple pathways modulating aggression in the male clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

Authors: Heather B. DeCaluwe, Nadja C. Wielebnowski, JoGayle Howard, Katharine M. Pelican, Mary Ann Ottinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: androgens, glucocorticoids, gnrh agonist, serotonergic regulation, tricyclic antidepressant

2016


The Association of Intergroup Encounters, Dominance Status, and Fecal Androgen and Glucocorticoid Profiles in Wild Male White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

Authors: ValÉRie A. M. Schoof, Katharine M. Jack

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dominance, endocrinology, infanticide, reproductive competition, reproductive skew

2013


Behavioral reactions relate to adrenal activity and temperament in male clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa)

Authors: Heather B. DeCaluwe, Nadja C. Wielebnowski, JoGayle Howard, Katharine M. Pelican, Mary Ann Ottinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, behavior tests, fecal hormone monitoring, felids, mirror image stimulation test, stress

2013


Mood and anxiety disorders in chimpanzees (pan troglodytes): A response to Rosati et al. (2012)

Authors: Hope Ferdowsian, Debra Durham, Martin Brüne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal captivity, anxiety, chimpanzees, experimental ethics, experimental subjects, major depression, mental disorders, mental-health, posttraumatic stress disorder

2013


Pair-bonding and companion recognition in domestic donkeys, Equus asinus

Authors: Leigh M. A. Murray, Katharine Byrne, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: companion recognition, donkeys, pair-bonding, welfare, y-maze

2013


Prolonged Pain Research in Mice: Trends in Reference to the 3Rs

Authors: Jonathan Balcombe, Hope Ferdowsian, Lauren Briese

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: 3rs, mice, pain, trends

2013


Estrogenic plant consumption predicts red colobus monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) hormonal state and behavior

Authors: Michael D. Wasserman, Colin A. Chapman, Katharine Milton, Jan F. Gogarten, Daniel J. Wittwer, Toni E. Ziegler

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, environmental endocrinology, estradiol, grooming, herbivory, kibale national park, legume, mating, phytoestrogen

2012


Retrospective study of morbidity and mortality of captive jaguars (Panthera onca) in North America: 1982–2002

Authors: Katharine Hope, Sharon L. Deem

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: epistaxis, melengestrol-acetate exposure, musculoskeletal disease, reproductive disease

2006


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