Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations

Authors: Alessandro Dal Bosco, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Steffen Hoy, Melania Martino, Simona Mattioli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Cesare Castellini

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact

2020

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Authors: Cairsty DePasquale, Jennifer Sturgill, Victoria A Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE

Keywords: fish welfare, habitat preference, preference test

2020

Using a Touchscreen Paradigm to Evaluate Food Preferences and Response to Novel Photographic Stimuli of Food in Three Primate Species (Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Crystal L Egelkamp, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: photograph, preference testing, primate, touchscreen, welfare, worth valuations

2020

Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs

Authors: Svenja Tidau, Mark Briffa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, environmental change, grouping preference, hermit crabs, intraspecific interaction, sensory environment

2019

Selecting and Testing Environmental Enrichment in Lemurs

Authors: E. J. Fernandez, W. Timberlake

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, lemur, paired-choice, preference assessment, zoo

2019

What do animals want?

Authors: B. Franks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: agency, animal welfare, anthropocentrism, contrafreeloading, motivation, preference tests

2019

Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Fail to Learn Abstract Cues of Differential Outcomes in a Novel Cognitive Bias Test

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, conditional discrimination, gorillas, quantity

2018

The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification

Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Gerd Nürnberg, Nina Melzer, Birger Puppe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs

2017

Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Deborah L. Wells, Peter G. Hepper, Adam D. S. Milligan, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes

2017

Daytime summer access to pasture vs. free-stall barn in dairy cows with year-long outdoor experience: A case study

Authors: Elise Shepley, Reneé Bergeron, Elsa Vasseur

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows, experienced grazer, pasture, year-long outdoor access

2017

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