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Our Goals

  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=Steph%20Ford

Exploring the Effect of the COVID-19 Zoo Closure Period on Flamingo Behaviour and Enclosure Use at Two Institutions

Authors: Peter Kidd, Steph Ford, Paul E Rose

Publication/Journal: Birds

Keywords: activity budgets, behaviour, COVID-19, enclosure usage, flamingos, visitors, welfare

2022


Use of Interactive Technology in Captive Great Ape Management

Authors: Caitlin A Ford, Liz Bellward, Clive JC Phillips, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: conservation, great ape, interactive technology, management practices, zoo

2021


The evaluation of two commercial electric sheep stunning systems: current applied and the effect on heart function

Authors: F. Orford, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, J. McKinstry, P. J. Hadley, J. A. Lines, T. G. Knowles, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electrical stunning, electrocardiogram, halal, sheep, voltage current

2016


A comparison of handling methods relevant to the religious slaughter of sheep

Authors: L. S. W. Bates, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, G. J. Richards, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, non-stun religious slaughter, pre-slaughter handling, sheep, v-shaped restrainer

2014


Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

Authors: Maria F. Iurck, Matthew G. Nowak, Leny C. M. Costa, SÉRgio L. Mendes, Susan M. Ford, Karen B. Strier

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: body size, posture, substrate use, tail-suspension, terminal canopy

2013


An investigation into the use of music as potential auditory enrichment for moloch gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Mark Kingston-Jones, Matthew Ford, Stuart Semple

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment, gibbons, individual differences, music

2013


Species Management Benchmarking: Outcomes Over Outputs in a Changing Operating Environment

Authors: Carolyn J. Hogg, Chris Hibbard, Claire Ford, Amanda Embury

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: asmp, measures of performance, zoo

2013


Taxonomy of the Bornean Slow Loris, With New Species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)

Authors: Rachel A. Munds, K. A. I. Nekaris, Susan M. Ford

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: allopatric, cryptic species, morphology, nycticebus bancanus, nycticebus borneanus, nycticebus menagensis, sympatric

2013


Does Confirmed Pathogen Transfer between Sanctuary Workers and Great Apes Mean that Reintroduction Should not Occur?

Authors: Steve Unwin, I. A. N. Robinson, Vanessa Schmidt, Chris Colin, Lisa Ford, Tatyana Humle

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: commentary, reintroduction, risk analysis, staphylococcus aureus

2012


Evaluation of progesterone and 20-oxo-progestagens in the plasma of Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta africana) elephants

Authors: Franz Schwarzenberger, Günter Strauss, Hans- O. Hoppen, Willem Schaftenaar, Steph J. Dieleman, Wolfgang Zenker, Olivier Pagan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 5α-reduced 20-oxo-pregnanes, estrous cycle, pregnancy, progesterone, reproductive monitoring

1997


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