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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=Malcolm%20Fitzpatrick

Effects of personality and rearing-history on the welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

Authors: Sitendu Goswami, Praveen C Tyagi, Pradeep K Malik, Shwetank J Pandit, Riyazahmed F Kadivar, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Samrat Mondol

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: asiatic lion, captivity, personality, rearing, welfare

2020

Longitudinal Improvements in Zoo-Housed Elephant Welfare: A Case Study at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Authors: Katherine Finch, Fiona Sach, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Nic Masters, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behaviour, elephas maximus, resting, social, SSSMZP

2020

Docking piglet tails: How much does it hurt and for how long?

Authors: Pierpaolo Di Giminiani, Abozar Nasirahmadi, Emma M. Malcolm, Matthew C. Leach, Sandra A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking, vocalisation

2017

Behavioural, brain and cardiac responses to hypobaric hypoxia in broiler chickens

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Malcolm A. Mitchell, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Heat stress: A major contributor to poor animal welfare associated with long-haul live export voyages

Authors: Malcolm P. Caulfield, Heather Cambridge, Susan F. Foster, Paul D. McGreevy

Publication/Journal: The Veterinary Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, heat stress, live export, thermoregulation, transport

2014

Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Authors: Malcolm D. Burgess, David Woolcock, Ray B. Hales, Rebecca Waite, Alison J. Hales

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, early-life socialization, foster, learnt behavior, reintroduction

2012

Relationship between behavior, adrenal activity, and environment in zoo-housed western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: F. E. Clark, M. Fitzpatrick, A. Hartley, A. J. King, T. Lee, A. Routh, S. L. Walker, K. George

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, management, noninvasive monitoring, welfare

2012

Seasonality, sociality, and reproduction: Long-term stressors of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Anne P. Starling, Marie J. E. Charpentier, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth S. Scordato, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, breeding season, corticosterone, cortisol, fecal steroids, female dominance, reproduction, strepsirrhine primate, stress

2010

Evaluation of welfare state based on interpretation of multiple indices

Authors: Scott, E.M.; Fitzpatrick, J.L.; Nolan, A.M.; Reid, J.; Wiseman, M.L

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, health-related quality of life, psychometric theory, scaling models

2003

Nutrient composition of selected whole invertebrates

Authors: Dayna Barker, Marianne P. Fitzpatrick, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal nutrition, invertebrates, minerals, proximate composition, vitamins

1998

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