Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships

2021

Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens

Authors: M Ramont, M Leahy, KA Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships

2021

The development of fault bars in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) increases with acute stressors and individual propensity: implications for animal welfare

Authors: A. Arrazola, S. Torrey

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feather growth, gallus gallus domesticus, psychological stress, stress response, welfare indicator

2019

Is the rotarod test an objective alternative to the gait score for evaluating walking ability in chickens?

Authors: J. Malchow, A. Dudde, J. Berk, E. T. Krause, O. Sanders, B. Puppe, L. Schrader

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, domestic fowl, gait score, motor co-ordination, walking ability

2019

Monitoring the behavior and habitat use of animals to enhance welfare using the ZooMonitor app

Authors: JD Wark, KA Cronin, T Niemann, MA Shender, A Horrigan, A Kao, MR Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior analysis, behavioral monitoring, ethology, observational data, zoo

2019

Behavioural responses of broiler chickens during low atmospheric pressure stunning

Authors: Nikki Mackie, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, loss of posture, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Fear and coping styles of outdoor-preferring, moderate-outdoor and indoor-preferring free-range laying hens

Authors: Dana L. M. Campbell, Geoff N. Hinch, Jeff A. Downing, Caroline Lee

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fear, free range, laying hen, manual restraint, open field, tonic immobility

2016

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

Use of space by domestic chicks housed in complex aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Candace Martins, Stephen Bowley, Hanno Wuerbel, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary, chicks, gallus gallus domesticus, incline, laying hen, locomotion

2016

The Wood-Gush legacy: A sociobiology perspective to fertility and welfare in chickens

Authors: Tommaso Pizzari

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fertility, gallus, inclusive fitness, sexual conflict, sexual selection

2016

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