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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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Identification of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal cortisol metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme immunoassays

Authors: Flavia Santamaria, Christopher K Barlow, Rolf Schlagloth, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Rupert Palme, Joerg Henning

Publication/Journal: Metabolites

Keywords: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hplc, koala, LC-MS, non-invasive, phascolarctos cinereus, stress

2021


Contrasting context dependence of familiarity and kinship in animal social networks

Authors: Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, Vena M. A. P. Adamczyk, Robert H. S. Kraus, Joseph I. Hoffman, Sipke E. van Wieren, Henk P. van der Jeugd, William Amos, Herbert H. T. Prins, Rudy M. Jonker

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: barnacle goose, branta leucopsis, food sharing, inbreeding avoidance, kin recognition, kinship, sexual selection

2013


Feeding enrichment by self-operated food boxes for white-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) in the Masoala exhibit of the Zurich Zoo

Authors: Ralf Sommerfeld, Martin Bauert, Edna Hillmann, Markus Stauffacher

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment, eulemur fulvus albifrons, food boxes, white-fronted lemurs, zurich zoo

2006


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