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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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Effects of Positive Reinforcement Training and Novel Object Exposure on Salivary Cortisol Levels under Consideration of Individual Variation in Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Susan Hambrecht, Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: glucocorticoid response, individuality, physiological stress, zoo elephants

2021

Diurnal variation of salivary cortisol in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under routine management conditions and in relation to a translocation event

Authors: Susan Hambrecht, Ann‐Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: baseline, captive management, cortisol secretion, social introduction, stress

2020

Does housing influence maternal behaviour in sows?

Authors: Charlotte G. E. Grimberg-Henrici, Kathrin Büttner, Christian Meyer, Joachim Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural testing, group-housing system, lactating sows, maternal behaviour

2016

Effects of mother versus artificial rearing during the first 12 weeks of life on challenge responses of dairy cows

Authors: Kathrin Wagner, Daniel Seitner, Kerstin Barth, Rupert Palme, Andreas Futschik, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, isolation, novel object, rearing, social environment, stress

2015

Network characteristics and development of social structure of agonistic behaviour in pigs across three repeated rehousing and mixing events

Authors: Kathrin Büttner, Katharina Scheffler, Irena Czycholl, Joachim Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, group level, pigs, social network analysis

2015

Mother rearing of dairy calves: Reactions to isolation and to confrontation with an unfamiliar conspecific in a new environment

Authors: Kathrin Wagner, Kerstin Barth, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Andreas Futschik, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dam rearing, early social environment, heart rate, saliva cortisol, social behaviour

2013

Electronic detection of lameness in dairy cows through measuring pedometric activity and lying behavior

Authors: Maher Alsaaod, Christoph Römer, Jens Kleinmanns, Kathrin Hendriksen, Sandra Rose-Meierhöfer, Lutz Plümer, Wolfgang Büscher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows, lameness, locomotion, pedometer

2012

Integration into the dairy cow herd: Long-term effects of mother contact during the first twelve weeks of life

Authors: Kathrin Wagner, Kerstin Barth, Rupert Palme, Andreas Futschik, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle, environment, mother–filial bond, rearing, social behaviour, stress

2012

First experiences with free-ranging giant day geckos (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis, Gray 1870) in the masoala rainforest exhibit in Zurich Zoo, Switzerland

Authors: Samuel C. Furrer, Kathrin Jaag, Sabine von Stockar, Alex Rübel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ecosystem, madagascar, reptile, telemetry

2006

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