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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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Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

Behavioural response of dairy cows with and without calf-contact to hair of own and alien calves presented in the milking parlour

Authors: Katharina A. Zipp, Kerstin Barth, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: calf rearing, cattle, maternal discrimination, olfaction, young recognition

2016

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Authors: Julie Føske Johnsen, Katharina A. Zipp, Tasja Kälber, Anne Marie de Passillé, Ute Knierim, Kerstin Barth, Cecilie Marie Mejdell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alternative calf rearing, dairy calves, suckling, welfare

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

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

Head partitions at the feed barrier affect behaviour of goats

Authors: Eva Nordmann, Kerstin Barth, Andreas Futschik, Rupert Palme, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body condition score, faecal cortisol metabolites, housing, small ruminants, social behaviour

2015

Dogs’ endocrine and behavioural responses at reunion are affected by how the human initiates contact

Authors: Therese Rehn, Linda Handlin, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Linda J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: contact-seeking behaviour, cortisol, emotional state, human–dog interaction, oxytocin

2014

The first case of intersexuality in an African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Authors: Sandra Langer, Kerstin Ternes, Dimitri Widmer, Frank Mutschmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african dwarf crocodile, intersexuality

2014

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

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