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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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Can we eliminate the primate pet trade in the United States?

Authors: Marilyn A. Norconk, Sylvia Atsalis, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: illegal pet trade, primates

2024

Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses

Authors: Michaella P. Andrade, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Mizziara M. M. De Paiva, Sylvia L. S. Medeiros, C. E. O’Brien, Françoise D. Lima, Janaina F. Machado, Tatiana S. Leite

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience

2023

Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

Effects of acupuncture on the heart rate variability, cortisol levels and behavioural response induced by thunder sound in beagles

Authors: Carolina Elisabetta Martins Maccariello, Carla Caroline Franzini de Souza, Laura Morena, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias, Magda Alves de Medeiros

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acupuncture, beagles, cortisol, dog, heart rate variability, noise stress

2018

Autonomic, endocrine and behavioural responses to thunder in laboratory and companion dogs

Authors: Carla Caroline Franzini de Souza, Carolina Elisabetta Martins Maccariello, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias, Norma Aparecida dos Santos Almeida, Magda Alves de Medeiros

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords:

2017

What necropsy reports can tell us about menopausal and age-related changes in Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Susan W Margulis, Kurt A Volle, Chase A LaDue, Sylvia Atsalis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cardiovascular disease, menopause, ovary, reproductive termination, uterus

2017

Behavioural, endocrine and cardiac autonomic responses to a model of startle in horses

Authors: Julia Dias Villas-Boas, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias, Pablo Ignacio Trigo, Norma Aparecida dos Santos Almeida, Fernando Queiroz de Almeida, Magda Alves de Medeiros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: autonomic response, behaviour, cardiac interval variability, cortisol, horses, reactivity, startle response, umbrella-opening

2016

Looking on the bright side of bias—Validation of an affective bias test for laboratory mice

Authors: Dana Marie Graulich, Sylvia Kaiser, Norbert Sachser, S. Helene Richter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective bias test, animal welfare, emotion assessment, environmental enrichment, laboratory mice

2016

Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

Effects of alternative bedding substrates on lamb welfare, productive performance, and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

Authors: Dayane Lemos Teixeira, Genaro Miranda-de la Lama, Morris Villarroel, José Luis Olleta, Sylvia García-Belenguer, Juán Escós, Gustavo Adolfo María

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: bedding substrates, meat quality, social behaviors, stereotypies, welfare

2015

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