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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Integrating Individual Animal and Population Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums.

Louis DiVincenti, Allen McDowell, Elizabeth S Herrelko

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The Effects of Light on Vertebrate Welfare: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  5. Editorial: Fish Welfare in Aquaculture and Research-Where Are We Going?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  8. Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Louis DiVincentiIndependent Researcher, Hamlin, NY 14464, USA.
Allen McDowellNorth Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, P.O. Box 967, Manteo, NC 27954, USA.
Elizabeth S HerrelkoSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC 20008, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8883-5835

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last 50 years, animal welfare science has advanced dramatically, especially in zoos and aquariums. A shifting focus from population-level welfare parameters such as reproductive success and longevity (macroscopic, big-picture concepts) to the subjective experience of individual animals (microscopic, focused concepts) has led to more effective animal welfare assessments and improvements in animal welfare. The interplay between individual animal and population welfare for captive animals is critical to the way zoos and aquariums operate to realize their welfare and conservation missions, especially when these missions conflict with one another. In this report, we explore the intersection of individual animal and population welfare in zoos and aquariums and how these two concepts may support one another or be in conflict.

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aquariumpopulation welfarezoo animal welfare

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PMID37238007
PMCPMC10215249

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