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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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Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: Daan W. Laméris, Marina Salas, Marcel Eens, Lisa Gillespie, Nicky Staes, Jonas R. R. Torfs, Jonas Verspeek, Hilde Vervaecke, Samantha J. Ward, Jeroen M. G. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

2024

Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: D. W. Laméris, M. Salas, M. Eens, L. Gillespie, N. Staes, J. R. Torfs, J. Verspeek, H. Vervaecke, S. J. Ward, J. M. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Anim Welf

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

2024

Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population

Authors: Jonas R. R. Torfs, Marcel Eens, Daan W. Laméris, Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Jean-Pascal Guery, Nicky Staes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass

2023

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, bonobo, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2021

Investigating the effects of sex and rearing-history on social network position in zoo-housed bonobos

Authors: Jonas Torfs, Jeroen Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Daan Lameris, Marcel Eens, Nicky Staes

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium, Date: 2021/07/13-2021/07/14, Location: Online

Keywords: bonobos, rearing history, social network analysis

2021

Time-lag of urinary and salivary cortisol response after a psychological stressor in bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Jonas Verspeek, Verena Behringer, Daan W Laméris, Róisín Murtagh, Marina Salas, Nicky Staes, Tobias Deschner, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: bonobos, cortisol, stress

2021

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2020

Does the anticipatory behaviour of chickens communicate reward quality?

Authors: Nicky McGrath, Oliver Burman, Cathy Dwyer, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anticipatory behaviour, chickens, conditioning, dustbath, rewards

2016

Is interactive technology a relevant and effective enrichment for captive great apes?

Authors: Nicky N. E. Kim-McCormack, Carolynn L. Smith, Alison M. Behie

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropomorphism, captive animals, environmental enrichment, free-choice, great apes, human-animal interaction, interactive digital technology, sanctuary animals, zoo

2016

Chimpanzee sociability is associated with vasopressin (Avpr1a) but not oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) variation

Authors: Nicky Staes, Sonja E. Koski, Philippe Helsen, Erik Fransen, Marcel Eens, Jeroen M. G. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: avpr1a, behavioral genetics, oxtr, oxytocin, pan troglodytes, personality, sociability, vasopressin

2015

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