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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.M.%20Bernstein-Kurtycz

‘Bearly’ Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

Authors: L.M. Bernstein-Kurtycz, D. Koester, R. Snyder, J. Vonk, M.A. Willia, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bear behavior, COVID-19, crowd size, daily attendance, season, visitor effect

2021


The Effects of Choice-Based Design and Management on the Behavior and Space Use of Zoo-Housed Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

Authors: Charles P Ritzler, Kristen E Lukas, Laura M Bernstein-Kurtycz, Diana C Koester

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: carnivore, design, environmental choice, space use, tiger

2021


Disability, Compensatory Behavior, and Innovation in Free-Ranging Adult Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata)

Authors: S.E. Turner, L.M. Fedigan, H.D. Matthews, M. Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: congenital limb malformation, japanese monkey, manual disability, physical impairment

2012


An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Video Displays for Use With Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: L.M. Hopper, S.P. Lambeth, S.J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzees, pan troglodytes, social learning, video deficit, video displays

2012


Welfare risk assessment: the benefits and common pitfalls

Authors: L.M. Collins

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, expert opinion, policy, prevalence, risk-assessment, welfare hazard

2012


Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task

Authors: L.A. Buckley, L.M. McMillan, V. Sandilands, B.J. Tolkamp, P.M. Hocking, R.B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress

2011


Welfare epidemiology as a tool to assess the welfare impact of inherited defects on the pedigree dog population

Authors: L.M. Collins, L. Asher, J.F. Summers, G. Diesel, P.D. McGreevy

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding, dog welfare, epidemiology, inherited disorders, risk analysis

2010


Lower-Row Caging in a Two-Tiered Housing System does not affect the Behaviour of Young, Singly Housed Rhesus Macaques

Authors: Schapiro, S.J.; Bloomsmith, M.A.; Suarez, S.A.; Porter, L.M.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, captive housing, psychological well-being, rhesus macaque

2001


A Comparison of the Effects of Simple Versus Complex Environmental Enrichment on the Behaviour of Group-Housed, Subadult Rhesus Macaques

Authors: Schapiro, S.J.; Bloomsmith, M.A.; Suarez, S.A.; Porter, L.M.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, group housing, inanimate enrichment, rhesus macaque, social enrichment

1997


Extension of reproductive suppression by pheromonal cues in subordinate female marmoset monkeys, Callithrix jacchus

Authors: J. Barrett, D.H. Abbott, L.M. George

Publication/Journal: Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Keywords: callithrix/physiology, female, hormone/secretion, luteinizing, luteinizing hormone/blood, luteinizing-hormone, ovulation/physiology, pheromones, pheromones/physiology, progesterone, progesterone/blood, reproduction/physiology, social dominance

1990


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