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Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts

Authors: Paul Rose, Amelia Roper, Sophie Banks, Chris Giorgio, Milla Timms, Phoebe Vaughan, Steven Hatch, Samantha Halpin, Joe Thomas, Michelle O’Brien

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl

2022

Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts

Authors: Paul Rose, Amelia Roper, Sophie Banks, Chris Giorgio, Milla Timms, Phoebe Vaughan, Steven Hatch, Samantha Halpin, Joe Thomas, Michelle O’Brien

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl

2022

Motion Illusions as Environmental Enrichment for Zoo Animals: A Preliminary Investigation on Lions (Panthera leo)

Authors: Barbara Regaiolli, Angelo Rizzo, Giorgio Ottolini, Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, Caterina Spiezio, Christian Agrillo

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, Rotating Snake illusion, visual illusions, zoo animals

2019

Left–Right Asymmetries of Behaviour and Nervous System in Invertebrates

Authors: E. Frasnelli, G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: brain asymmetry, brain lateralization, evolution of lateralization, invertebrates, laterality, lateralization of behaviour

2012

Use of Ultrasonography and Contrast Radiography for Snake Gender Determination

Authors: Giacomo Gnudi, Antonella Volta, Francesco Di Ianni, Mattia Bonazzi, Sabrina Manfredi, Giorgio Bertoni

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Keywords: hemipenis, radiology, snake, ultrasonography

2009

How birds use their eyes: Opposite left-right specialization for the lateral and frontal visual hemifield in the domestic chick

Authors: G. Vallortigara, C. Cozzutti, L. Tommasi, L. J. Rogers

Publication/Journal: Current Biology

Keywords: chickens, chicks, eye, ocular physiology, vision, visual fields

2001

Affiliation and Aggression As Related to Gender in Domestic Chicks (Gallus gallus)

Authors: Giorgio Vallortigara

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, domestic chicks, gallus gallus, gender, social discrimination

1992

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