A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes
2016
Perseveration in a guessing task by laying hens selected for high or low levels of feather pecking does not support classification of feather pecking as a stereotypy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: feather pecking, genetic selection, guessing task, laying hens, recurrent perseveration, stereotyped behaviour
2015
Stereotypic behaviours in Melopsittacus undulatus: Behavioural consequences of social and spatial limitations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, environmental enrichments, melopsittacus undulatus, parrot, psycho-physical stress, stereotypy
2015
The Puerto Rican parrot reintroduction program: Sustainable management of the aviary population
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amazona vitatta, captive population management, poplink, risk analysis, zoorisk
2014
Unrewarded Object Combinations in Captive Parrots
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: avian cognition, exploration, object combinations, object play, parrot
2014
Efficacy of foraging enrichments to increase foraging time in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, foraging, foraging enrichment, parrot, psittacine
2013
Feather-Damaging Behavior in Companion Parrots: Are Species Differences Intrinsic or Caused by Variations in Husbandry?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, companion, feather damaging, husbandry, parrots
2013
Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw
2013
The influence of local enhancement on choice performances in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and jackdaws (Corvus monedula)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: african grey parrots, delay, jackdaws, local enhancement, two-choice task
2012
Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines
Publication/Journal: Jounal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
Keywords: avian communication, perching birds, sensory ecology, sws1 opsin, ultraviolet vision
2012