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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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Age and Social History Impact Social Interactions between Bull Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) at Denver Zoo

Authors: Taylor S Readyhough, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph, Anneke Moresco, Amy L Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elephant management, group compatibility, pachyderms, social behavior

2023

Immunoglobulin A and Physiologic Correlates of Well-Being in Asian Elephants

Authors: Anneke Moresco, Natalia Prado, Maura Davis, Amy L Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Sharon Joseph, Charlie Gray, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bull, cortisol, elephas maximus, glucocorticoids, musth, oxytocin, secretory IgA, social, stress, welfare

2022

Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior

Authors: T.S. Readyhough, S. Joseph, M. Davis, A. Moresco, A.L. Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy

2022

Nighttime behavior and the length of social relationships in male Asian elephants

Authors: Shanelle J Thevarajah, Taylor S Readyhough, Maura Davis, Anneke Moresco, Sharon Joseph, Amy L Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: compatible social pairings, male elephant welfare, nighttime activity budgets, social dyads

2021

Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus): Welfare implications

Authors: Amy Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Anneke Moresco, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bull elephant welfare, group compatibility, group integration, social behavior

2021

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

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

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

Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Ashley J. Frost, Jack S. Thomson, Charlotte Smith, Hannah C. Burton, Ben Davis, Phillip C. Watts, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature

2013

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