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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=L.%20von%20Fersen

Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations

Authors: L. Reese, M. Ladwig-Wiegard, L. von Fersen, G. Haase, H. Will, R. Merle, D. Encke, H. Maegdefrau, K. Baumgartner, C. Thöne-Reineke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo

2020


Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of adrenocortical activity in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Anna Hein, Rupert Palme, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Benno Woelfing, Alex D Greenwood, Thea Bechshoft, Ursula Siebert

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenocortical activity, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, polar bear, stress

2020


Feather Corticosterone Measurements of Greater Flamingos Living under Different Forms of Flight Restraint

Authors: Lukas Reese, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard, Hermann Will, Gudrun Haase, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, bird, deflighting, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, pinioning

2020


Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019


Establishment and Implementation of an Animal Welfare Decision Tree to Evaluate the Welfare of Zoo Animals

Authors: Lorenzo von Fersen, Dag Encke, Tim Huettner, Katrin Baumgartner

Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, Antillean manatee, aquatic mammals, bottlenose dolphin, decision-tree, zoo animals, zoo inspection

2018


Zebrafish welfare: Natural history, social motivation and behaviour

Authors: Courtney Graham, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Becca Franks

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fish, laboratory zebrafish, natural behaviour, social behaviour, welfare

2018


Inter- and intra-observer reliability of different methods for recording temperament in beef and dairy calves

Authors: Anina Vogt, Edit Lesa Aditia, Imke Schlechter, Susanne Schütze, Katrin Geburt, Matthias Gauly, Uta König von Borstel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle, inter-observer reliability, intra-observer reliability, temperament assessment, visual analogue scale

2017


Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, curiosity, foraging behaviour, individual differences, neophobia, preference

2017


Are domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) able to use complex human-given cues to find a hidden reward?

Authors: C. Nawroth, M. Ebersbach, E. Von Borell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pigs, human-animal interaction, human-given cues, object choice paradigm, pointing gesture

2016


Body condition scoring system for greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis): Development and application

Authors: Eva M. Heidegger, Friederike von Houwald, Beatrice Steck, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: body condition, feeding, foot lesion, obesity, reproduction, rhinoceros

2016


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