Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus

2023

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Poultry welfare assessments: Current use and limitations

Authors: R. A. Blatchford

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, broiler, dairy & animal science, indicators, keel bone damage, laying hen, laying hens, limitations, optical-flow, performance, stocking density, welfare assessments, welfare quality®

2017

Applying animal-based welfare assessments on New Zealand dairy farms: feasibility and a comparison with United Kingdom data

Authors: R. A. Laven, J. Fabian

Publication/Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Keywords: animal-based, assessment, assurance schemes, body condition, cattle, cows, dairy cattle, herd, lameness, milk-yield, pasture, prevalence, quality(r), veterinary sciences, welfare

2016

Associations between temperament and gene polymorphisms in the brain dopaminergic system and the adrenal gland of sheep

Authors: Xiaoyan Qiu, Jason Ledger, Chen Zheng, Graeme B. Martin, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cyp17, dopamine receptor, glucocorticoid, monoamine oxidase, stress

2016

Ferrets’ (Mustela putorius furo) enrichment priorities and preferences as determined in a seven-chamber consumer demand study

Authors: Marsinah L. Reijgwart, Claudia M. Vinke, Coenraad F. M. Hendriksen, Miriam van der Meer, Nico J. Schoemaker, Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural priorities, consumer demand, enrichment, ferret, maximum price paid

2016

The effects of social interaction and environmental enrichment on the space use, behaviour and stress of owned housecats facing a novel environment

Authors: L. K. Rehnberg, K. A. Robert, S. J. Watson, R. A. Peters

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: adaptation, adrenocortical, agriculture, animal welfare, behavioral sciences, behavioural stress, boarding catteries, cat welfare, dairy & animal science, dogs, domestic cats, environmental enrichment, faecal glucocorticoids, felis-sylvestris-catus, function, pairs, sciences, scoring, shelter, socialization, veterinary

2015

Efficacy of foraging enrichments to increase foraging time in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Manon M. Ravesteijn, Marjon Mol, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, foraging, foraging enrichment, parrot, psittacine

2013

Influence of environmental conditions and facility on faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in captive pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Authors: C. D. Scarlata, B. A. Elias, J. R. Godwin, R. A. Powell, D. Shepherdson, L. A. Shipley, J. L. Brown

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive breeding, environmental enrichment, faecal glucocorticoids, husbandry, pygmy rabbit

2013

Aggression, behaviour, and animal care among pit bulls and other dogs adopted from an animal shelter

Authors: A. MacNeil-Allcock, N. M. Clarke, R. A. Ledger, D. Fraser

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal shelter, animal welfare, breed, dog, pit bull

2011

Role of early experience in the development of preference for low-quality food in sheep

Authors: F. Catanese, R. A. Distel, R. M. Rodríguez Iglesias, J. J. Villalba

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: diet selection, early experience, food preference, low-quality food, sheep

2010

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