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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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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

Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Authors: Rachel M Santymire, Shana R Lavin, Heather Branvold-Faber, Julie Kreeger, Judy Che-Castaldo, Michelle Rafacz, Paul Marinari

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e

2020

Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Authors: Eszter Matrai, Angela KW Ng, Michelle MH Chan, Suzanne M Gendron, Kathleen M Dudzinski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving

2020

Welfare Assessment for Captive Anseriformes: A Guide for Practitioners and Animal Keepers

Authors: Paul Rose, Michelle O’Brien

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, aviculture, husbandry evidence, waterfowl, welfare assessment, wildfowl, zoo

2020

Effects of experimental chronic traffic noise exposure on adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and nestling body condition in a free-living bird

Authors: Allison S. Injaian, Conor C. Taff, Kira L. Pearson, Michelle M. Y. Gin, Gail L. Patricelli, Maren N. Vitousek

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, chronic stress, feeding rate, insect bolus, nestling body condition, tree swallow

2018

Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone

Authors: Scott Davies, Michelle L. Beck, Kendra B. Sewall

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization

2018

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Anita Tolpinrud, Michelle F O'Brien, Will S. M. Justice, Michelle Barrows, Oliver D.M Steele, Sophie Gent, Anna Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bumblefoot, foot pad dermatitis, temperature, thermal imaging

2017

Retrospective analysis of elective health examinations as preventative medicine interventions at a zoological collection

Authors: Michelle Barrows, Rowena Killick, Richard Saunders, Stamatios Tahas, Charlotte Day, Kellie Wyatt, Teresa Horspool, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Jennie Cook

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diagnostics, veterinary medicine, zoo animals

2017

Characteristics of Adopted Thoroughbred Racehorses in Second Careers

Authors: C. Jill Stowe, Michelle L. Kibler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adoption, race horses, thoroughbred

2016

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