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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=Sara%20M.%20Freeman

A Comparative Multi-Zoo Survey Investigating the Housing and Husbandry of Callimico goeldii

Authors: Amanda Bartlett, James Edward Brereton, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: callitrichid, captive management, enclosure complexity, goeldi's monkey, welfare

2024

The effects of human-zoo ambassador animal interactions on millennial populations

Authors: Brittany Fischer, Madeline Winans, Kimberly Cole, Sara Adamczak, Lauren Sommers, Kelly Ann George

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: education, human-animal interactions, millennial, welfare, zoo animals

2024

Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Kibble diet is associated with higher faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-managed red wolves (Canis rufus)

Authors: Morgan Bragg, Carly R Muletz-Wolz, Nucharin Songsasen, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, Red wolf, zoo management

2024

Welfare Assessment in Pigs Using the Salivary Proteome

Authors: Sara Prims, Chris Van Ginneken, Xaveer Van Ostade, Christophe Casteleyn

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: biomarkers, health status, pig, piglet, proteome, proteomics, saliva, stress, welfare

2024

The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders

2023

The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry

Authors: Bruce Quintin Mann, Ryan Daly, Russell Bruce Dixon, John David Filmalter, Taryn Sara Murray, Paul Denfer Cowley, Robert Kyle, Simon Chater, Judy Brenda Mann-Lang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World

2023

A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions

Authors: Stagni,Elena, Sequeira,Sara, Brscic,Marta, Redtenbacher,Irene, Hartmann,Sabine

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin

2023

Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: elephant, musth, reproduction, sri lanka, temporal gland secretions, zoo

2022

Overlooked and Under-Studied: A Review of Evidence-Based Enrichment in Varanidae

Authors: Darcy Howard, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive, cognition, play, reptile, welfare

2022

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