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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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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

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

Individual differences in anticipatory activity to food rewards predict cue-induced appetitive 50-kHz calls in rats

Authors: Juan C. Brenes, Rainer K. W. Schwarting

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amphetamine, associative learning, dopamine, incentive motivation, pavlovian conditioning, ultrasonic vocalizations

2015

Emotions in dogs being petted by a familiar or unfamiliar person: Validating behavioural indicators of emotional states using heart rate variability

Authors: Franziska Kuhne, Johanna C. Hößler, Rainer Struwe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conflict-related behaviour, heart rate variability, human–dog interaction, tactile communication

2014

The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors

Authors: K. M. D. Rutherford, E. M. Baxter, R. B. D'Eath, S. P. Turner, G. Arnott, R. Roehe, B. Ask, Sand,, P. e, V. A. Moustsen, F. Thorup, S. A. Edwards, P. Berg, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birth weight, litter size, mortality, piglet, sow

2013

Effects of human–dog familiarity on dogs’ behavioural responses to petting

Authors: Franziska Kuhne, Johanna C. Hößler, Rainer Struwe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural response, dog, human–dog interaction, tactile communication

2012

Selection against aggressiveness in pigs at re-grouping: practical application and implications for long-term behavioural patterns

Authors: S.P. Turner, R.B. D’Eath, R. Roehe, A.B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, genetic correlation, heritability, pigs, selective breeding

2010

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