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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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Pupil size variation as a response to stress in European catfish and its application for social stress detection in albino conspecifics

Authors: Ondřej Slavík, Pavel Horký, Josef Velíšek, Tereza Valchářová

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: animal sociality, blood, blood plasma, body weight, catfish, cortisol, eyes, fish physiology

2020

Melatonin is a redundant entraining signal in the rat circadian system

Authors: Pavel Houdek, Marta Nováková, Lenka Polidarová, Martin Sládek, Alena Sumová

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: clock gene, duodenum, liver, melatonin, pinealectomy, suprachiasmatic nucleus

2016

Vocal activity of lesser galagos (Galago spp.) at zoos

Authors: Irena Schneiderová, Jan Zouhar, Lucie Štefanská, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Stanislav Lhota, Pavel Brandl

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic monitoring, galagidae, galago moholi, galago senegalensis, species-specific vocalizations

2016

Differences in alarm calls of juvenile and adult European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus): Findings on permanently marked animals from a semi-natural enclosure

Authors: Irena Schneiderová, Petra Schnitzerová, Jitka Uhlíková, Pavel Brandl, Jan Zouhar, Jan Matějů

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: age-related differences, bioacoustics, sciuridae, semi-captive population, vocalization

2015

Maternal behaviour in beef cows is individually consistent and sensitive to cow body condition, calf sex and weight

Authors: Ilona Stěhulová, Marek Špinka, Radka Šárová, Lydie Máchová, Robert Kněz, Pavel Firla

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, body condition, maternal style, parity, sex-biased maternal investment

2013

Shelter use of familiar and unfamiliar groups of juvenile European catfish Silurus glanis

Authors: Ondřej Slavík, Matúš Maciak, Pavel Horký

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: familiarity, sheltering behaviour, spatial distribution, welfare

2012

Role of different colours of aposematic insects in learning, memory and generalization of naïve bird predators

Authors: Katerina Svádová, Alice Exnerová, Pavel Stys, Eva Landová, Jan Valenta, Anna Fucíková, Radomír Socha

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: asymmetric generalization, avoidance learning, firebug, great tit, parus major, peak shift, pyrrhocoris apterus, signal memorability, warning signal

2009

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