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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 grazing muzzles on behavior and physiological stress of individually housed grazing miniature horses

Authors: Kristina M Davis, Marie E Iwaniuk, Rachel L Dennis, Patricia A Harris, Amy O Burk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, grazing muzzles, miniature horse, physiological stress

2020


Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020


Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd

Authors: Kristina M. Horback, Meghann K. Pierdon, Thomas D. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, group pen, rope, rubber, sow, woodblock

2016


Important role of dominance in allogrooming behaviour in beef cattle

Authors: Radka Šárová, Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Ilona Stěhulová, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: allogrooming, beef cattle, dominance, reciprocity, social hierarchy, social network analysis

2016


Show Horse Welfare: Horse Show Competitors’ Understanding, Awareness, and Perceptions of Equine Welfare

Authors: Melissa A. Voigt, Kristina Hiney, Jennifer C. Richardson, Karen Waite, Abigail Borron, Colleen M. Brady

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: competitors, horse, stakeholders, stock-type, welfare

2016


Show Horse Welfare: The Viewpoints of Judges, Stewards, and Show Managers

Authors: Melissa Voigt, Kristina Hiney, Candace Croney, Karen Waite, Abigail Borron, Colleen Brady

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: show horse, welfare

2016


Chromosomal variation and perinatal mortality in San Diego zoo Soemmerring’s gazelles

Authors: Cynthia C. Steiner, Suellen J. Charter, Natalie Goddard, Heidi Davis, Margot Brandt, Marlys L. Houck, Oliver A. Ryder

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelopes, centric fusions, microsatellites, mitochondrial haplotypes

2015


GPS technology as a proxy tool for determining relationships in social animals: An example with African elephants

Authors: Charlotte E. Hacker, Kristina M. Horback, Lance J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: african elephants, loxodonta africana, social behavior, technology, zoo

2015


Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Authors: Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cattle, nearest neighbour, preferential relationship, social behaviour

2015


Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent

Authors: Carolyn M. Bauer, Loren D. Hayes, Luis A. Ebensperger, Juan Ramírez-Estrada, Cecilia León, Garrett T. Davis, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: communal care, cortisol, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal effects, maternal stress, negative feedback, octodon degus, post-natal stress

2015


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