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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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Behavioural response of zoo-housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) to changes in exhibit and social group

Authors: E. J. Anderson, R. B. Weladji, P. Pare

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, exhibit, group formation, habituation, primates, translocation, welfare

2019

Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

Authors: Simon P. Turner, Ian M. Nevison, Suzanne Desire, Irene Camerlink, Rainer Roehe, Sarah H. Ison, Marianne Farish, Mhairi C. Jack, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social

2017

Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

Authors: M. A. Paoli, H. P. Lahrmann, T. Jensen, R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting

2016

Consumer attitudes to injurious pecking in free-range egg production

Authors: R. M. Bennett, P. J. Jones, C. J. Nicol, R. B. Tranter, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, free-range layers, injurious pecking, management strategies, willingness-to-pay

2016

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dogs in the shelter and home environment and relationship with quantitative behaviour assessment and physiological responses

Authors: Jessica K. Walker, Arnja R. Dale, Richard B. D’Eath, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, canis familiaris, dog, saliva cortisol, shelter

2016

Scientific evaluation of animal emotions: Brief history and recent New Zealand contributions

Authors: N. J. Beausoleil, R. B. Stratton, M. J. Guesgen, M. A. Sutherland, C. B. Johnson

Publication/Journal: Journal of New Zealand Studies

Keywords: dairy calves, electroencephalographic, fetal, halothane, interdisciplinary, lambs, pain, play-behavior, positive welfare states, rearing substrate, responses, sentience, social sciences

2016

Analysis of the phenotypic link between behavioural traits at mixing and increased long-term social stability in group-housed pigs

Authors: Suzanne Desire, Simon P. Turner, Richard B. D’Eath, Andrea B. Doeschl-Wilson, Craig R. G. Lewis, Rainer Roehe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggressive behaviour, long-term social behaviour, mixing aggression, pigs, skin lesions

2015

Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?

Authors: Louise Anne Buckley, Victoria Sandilands, Paul Morison Hocking, Bert Jan Tolkamp, Rick Brian D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning

2015

Age over experience: Consistency of aggression and mounting behaviour in male and female pigs

Authors: Corinna C. A. Clark, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, individual differences, sex differences, social behaviour, sus scrofa, temperament

2013

Mounting behaviour in finishing pigs: Stable individual differences are not due to dominance or stage of sexual development

Authors: Sara Hintze, Desiree Scott, Simon Turner, Simone L. Meddle, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dominance, mounting behaviour, puberty, sexual behaviour, welfare

2013

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