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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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Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals

Authors: Irina Clavadetscher, Monica Bond, Louise Martin, Christian Schiffmann, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo

2021

Crib biting and equine gastric ulceration syndrome: Do horses that display oral stereotypies have altered gastric anatomy and physiology?

Authors: Simon Paul Daniels, Louise Scott, Imogen De Lavis, Annabel Linekar, Andrew James Hemmings

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: gastric ulceration, oral stereotypies, oxidative stress, stomach, stress

2019

Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019

Safewalk: Improving Enrichment and Adoption Rates for Shelter Dogs by Changing Human Behavior

Authors: Terri M. Bright, Louise Hadden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, enrichment, human behavior, shelter, shelter dogs

2017

Changes in human health parameters associated with a touch tank experience at a zoological institution

Authors: John M. Sahrmann, Amy Niedbalski, Louise Bradshaw, Rebecca Johnson, Sharon L. Deem

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nature deficit disorder, one health, physiological, psychological, stress

2016

The effect of the zoo setting on the behavioural diversity of captive gentoo penguins and the implications for their educational potential

Authors: Courtney Keane Collins, Quirke,Thomas, Louise Overy, Kevin Flannery, Ruth O’Riordan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavioral diversity, environmental enrichment, gentoo penguins, visitor presence

2016

The effects of a high-starch or high-fibre diet on equine reactivity and handling behaviour

Authors: Louise Bulmer, Sebastian McBride, Katie Williams, Jo-Anne Murray

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, horse, nutrition, reactivity, starch

2015

Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?

Authors: Louise Anne Buckley, Victoria Sandilands, Paul Morison Hocking, Bert Jan Tolkamp, Rick Brian D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning

2015

Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program

Authors: Michael P. Wines, Valerie M. Johnson, Brad Lock, Fred Antonio, James C. Godwin, Elizabeth M. Rush, Craig Guyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation

2015

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