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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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Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, Katie L Edwards, Nadja Wielebnowski, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine

2020


Changes in human health parameters associated with a touch tank experience at a zoological institution

Authors: John M. Sahrmann, Amy Niedbalski, Louise Bradshaw, Rebecca Johnson, Sharon L. Deem

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nature deficit disorder, one health, physiological, psychological, stress

2016


Physiological and Behavioral Responses of Horses to Wither Scratching and Patting the Neck When Under Saddle

Authors: Zoë W. Thorbergson, Sharon G. Nielsen, Rodney J. Beaulieu, Rebecca E. Doyle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: horseback riding, relaxation behavior

2016


A Survey of Canine Heartworm Awareness in Grenada, West Indies

Authors: Sylke Lohmann, Sharon Sage, Diana Stone, Kathryn Gibson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, heartworm

2014


A single exposure to an acute stressor has lasting consequences for the hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal response to stress in free-living birds

Authors: Sharon E. Lynn, Leslie E. Prince, Megan M. Phillips

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: corticosterone, eastern bluebird, habituation, hpa axis, repeated stressors, sialia sialis

2010


Response strategies inlist learning by orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus × P. abelii)

Authors: Karyl B. Swartz, Sharon A. Himmanen, Robert W. Shumaker

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: ape, list memory, orangutan, pongo, strategy

2007


Suppression of ovulation in Nile Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) using melengestrol acetate-treated feed or high dose Depo-Provera injection

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Sharon Joseph, Kelly Reid, Tricia Webster, Mary Richards, Holly M. Forde, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 5-α-reduced progesterone metabolites, captive, contraception, reproduction

2007


Body weight as an effective tool for determination of onset of puberty in captive female Nile hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibious)

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Sharon Joseph, Kelly Reid, Tricia Webster, Mary Richards, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 5-α-reduced progesterone metabolites, captive, progestogens, reproduction

2006


Retrospective study of morbidity and mortality of captive jaguars (Panthera onca) in North America: 1982–2002

Authors: Katharine Hope, Sharon L. Deem

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: epistaxis, melengestrol-acetate exposure, musculoskeletal disease, reproductive disease

2006


Individual differences in responses of piglets to weaning at different ages

Authors: Sharon P. Mason, Susan Jarvis, Alistair B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: individual differences, pigs, suckling related behaviors, suckling related behaviours, weaning

2003


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