Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich

2023

Quantifying Acute Behavioral Reactions of Bali Mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) to Environmental and Progressively Challenging Enrichment

Authors: Eli Baskir, Alayna Parsons, Marija Elden, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: cognitive, glean, interaction, neophobia, peck, pluck

2023

Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021

Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021

The welfare of game birds destined for release into the wild: a balance between early life care and preparation for future natural hazards

Authors: JR Madden, F Santilli, MA Whiteside

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, hunting, partridge, pheasant, reintroduction biology

2020

Stress response, peripheral serotonin and natural antibodies in feather pecking genotypes and phenotypes and their relation with coping style

Authors: Jerine A. J. van der Eijk, Aart Lammers, Joergen B. Kjaer, T. Bas Rodenburg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking, genotype, natural antibody, phenotype, serotonin, stress response

2019

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, habituation, position monitoring, ultra-wideband, welfare

2018

Access to litter during rearing and environmental enrichment during production reduce fearfulness in adult laying hens

Authors: Margrethe Brantsæter, Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Janicke Nordgreen, Ellen Sandberg, Tone Beate Hansen, T. Bas Rodenburg, Randi Oppermann Moe, Andrew Michael Janczak

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fearfulness, laying hen, litter, rearing, welfare

2017

Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens

Authors: Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Björn Forkman, Lena K. Hinrichsen, Anja B. Riber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits

2017

Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries

Authors: M. Bestman, C. Verwer, C. Brenninkmeyer, A. Willett, L. K. Hinrichsen, F. Smajlhodzic, J. L. T. Heerkens, S. Gunnarsson, V. Ferrante

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry

2017

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