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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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Lizards perceived abiotic and biotic stressors independently when competing for shade in terrestrial mesocosms

Authors: Travis W. Rusch, Michael W. Sears, Michael J. Angilletta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, movement, resources, testosterone, thermal stress, thermoregulation

2018


Non-invasive quantification of immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Authors: Emma L. Lantz, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Matthew R. Heintz, Carson M. Murray, Iddi Lipende, Dominic A. Travis, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: field methods, great apes, health, immune system, stress

2018


Heritable variation underlies behavioural types in the mating context in male bluefin killifish

Authors: Katie E. McGhee, Joseph Travis

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, behavioural correlation, courtship, genetic variation, heritability, lucania goodei, personality, sexual selection, social interaction

2013


Social status differentiates rapid neuroendocrine responses to restraint stress

Authors: Travis J. Ling, Gina L. Forster, Michael J. Watt, Wayne J. Korzan, KKenneth J. Renner, Cliff H. Summers

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, anolis carolinensis, corticosterone, dopamine, lizard, raphé, restraint, serotonin, social status

2009


Guidelines for creating a food safety HACCP program in zoos or aquaria

Authors: Debra A. Schmidt, Dominic A. Travis, J. Jason Williams

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food safety, quality control, zoo nutrition

2006


What Guides a Search for Food That Has Disappeared? Experiments on Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Marc D. Hauser, Travis Williams, Jerald D. Kralik, Damian Moskovitz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: behavior, cognition, cotton-top tamarins, foraging, saguinus oedipus, searching

2001


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