Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning
2015
Quantifying hungry broiler breeder dietary preferences using a closed economy T-maze task
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: broiler breeder, choice tests, hunger stress, preference testing, qualitative food restriction, quantitative feed restriction
2011
Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress
2011
‘Freedom from hunger’ and preventing obesity: the animal welfare implications of reducing food quantity or quality
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: chicken, diet, feeding behavior, feeding behaviour, hunger, nutrition, obesity, pig, qualitative food restriction, stereotypy
2009
A novel flexible method to split feeding behaviour into bouts
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: broiler, feeding behavior, feeding behaviour, meal criterion, models
2009
Behaviour and welfare of broiler breeders fed qualitatively restricted diets during rearing: Are there viable alternatives to quantitative restriction?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, broiler breeder, food restriction, stress
2006
Behaviour of food restricted broilers during rearing and lay–effects of an alternative feeding method
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, broiler breeder, feeding motivation, food restriction, plasma corticosterone, welfare, white blood cells
2005