Bird

Pigeon housing: practical considerations and welfare implications

If pigeons must be housed in cages for scientific or veterinary reasons, modified rabbit cages with shelving, perches and toys may provide relatively adequate quarters. Pigeons should have access to flight rooms with perches for exercise and social interaction. Groups...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Nepote, K. 1999. Pigeon housing: practical considerations and welfare implications. Lab Animal 28(4), 34-37.

The effects of environmental enrichment and intermittent lighting on the behaviour and welfare of male domestic turkeys

Feather-pecking and cannibalism was virtually eliminated in group-housed turkeys by providing them with straw to peck at, UV light and vertical boards.

Year Published: 1999Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Bird, Fowl

Citation: Sherwin, C. M., Lewis, P. D., Perry, G. C. 1999. The effects of environmental enrichment and intermittent lighting on the behaviour and welfare of male domestic turkeys. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 62, 319-333.

Veterinary models of compulsive self-grooming: parallels with trichotillomania

The terms compulsive self-grooming and psychogenic feather picking disorder are used. Psychogenic feather picking disorder in birds in the wild has not been reported. .. It has been reported to occur with approximately a 10% incidence in captive birds and...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: Bird, Cat, Dog

Citation: Moon-Fanelli, A. A., Dodman, N. H., O'Sullivan, R. L. 1999. Veterinary models of compulsive self-grooming: parallels with trichotillomania. In: Trichotillomania. Stein, D. J., Christenson, G. A., Hollander, E. (eds), 63-92. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C.

Responses of adult laying hens to abstract video images presented repeatedly outside the home cage

The present findings clearly demonstrate that abstract video images, presented in front of the home cage for 10 min on consecutive days, reliably attracted and sustained the interest of individually housed laying hens for as long as 8 days.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Clarke, C. H., Jones, R. B. 2000. Responses of adult laying hens to abstract video images presented repeatedly outside the home cage. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 67, 97-110.

Pecking preferences and pre-dispositions in domestic chicks: implications for the development of environmental enrichment devices

White or yellow strings were preferred to red, green or blue ones and white string elicited more pecking than did combinations of white and yellow or of all five colors. Varying the length and width of the bunches of string...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, B. R., Carmichael, N. L., Rayner, E. 2000. Pecking preferences and pre-dispositions in domestic chicks: implications for the development of environmental enrichment devices . Applied Animal Behaviour Science 69, 291-312.

The demand for straw and feathers as litter substrates by laying hens

This study aimed to determine the importance of straw and feathers to laying. .. All birds worked to gain access to straw but only three worked for feathers. .. Even if a substrate does not support dustbathing, caged layers have...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Gunnarsson, S., Matthews, L. R., Foster, T. M. et al. 2000. The demand for straw and feathers as litter substrates by laying hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 65, 321-330.

Working for a dustbath: are hens increasing pleasure rather than reducing suffering? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 68, 39-53

Dustbathing is one of the major behavioural systems of domestic fowl that is constrained by commercial caging systems. ... In this study, we measured hens' willingness to work to obtain substrate for dustbathing using a vertically swinging door to which...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Widowski, T. M., Duncan, I. J. H. 2000. Working for a dustbath: are hens increasing pleasure rather than reducing suffering? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 68, 39-53.

Attentional shifts alter pain perception in the chicken

In humans, psychological manipulations such as hypnosis, behavioural modification, relaxation traning and cognitive behaviour therapy have all been used to reduce pain intensity. One thing these treatments have in comon is selective attention. Work on attention-based cognitive coping strategies has...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Gentle, M. J. 2001. Attentional shifts alter pain perception in the chicken. Animal Welfare 10(Supplement), 187-194.

An observational assessment of environmental enrichment stimuli for single housed columbiforms

Enrichment items were introduced to single-housed pigeons.The birds showed self-destructive behavior (e.g., feather pulling). ...These introduced enrichment stimuli seemed to help somewhat. The birds showed self-destructive behavior (e.g., feather pulling). Abstract also published in Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Finn, D. J., Rovetti, C. C. 2001. An observational assessment of environmental enrichment stimuli for single housed columbiforms . American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 106 (Abstract).

Influence of vertical panels on use of space by domestic fowl

In the wild, cover is used by animals to seek shelter from the elements, protection from predators and aggressive conspecifics and as a way to reduce inter-animal communication. Rearing environments for captive raised fowl often contain open areas that are...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Cornetto, T. L., Estevez , I. 2001. Influence of vertical panels on use of space by domestic fowl. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 71 , 141-153.