Bird

Social dispersal by domestic chicks in a novel environment: reassuring properties of a familiar odourant

Our results .. support our hypothesis that familiar odourants can act as reassuring agents in otherwise unfamiliar situations. These findings may have important implications for poultry welfare.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, B. R., Facchin, L., McCorquodale, C. 2002. Social dispersal by domestic chicks in a novel environment: reassuring properties of a familiar odourant. Animal Behaviour 63, 659-666.

The push-door for measuring motivation in hens: Laying hens are motivated to perch at night

Hens were prepared to work by pushing open weighted doors for access to perches for night-time roosting.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Olsson, I. A. S., Keeling, L. J. 2002. The push-door for measuring motivation in hens: Laying hens are motivated to perch at night. Animal Welfare 11, 11-19.

Environmental enrichment affects the fear and exploratory responses to novelty of young Amazon parrots

Enrichment [increased physical complexity of cage]decreased motivation to interact with novel objects and humans.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Meehan, C. L., Mench, J. A. 2002. Environmental enrichment affects the fear and exploratory responses to novelty of young Amazon parrots. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 79, 75-88.

Foraging opportunity and increased physical complexity both prevent and reduce psychogenic feather picking by young Amazon parrots

Foraging opportunity and increased physical complexity both prevent and reduce psychogenic feather picking.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Meehan, C. L., Millam, J. R., Mench, J. A. 2002. Foraging opportunity and increased physical complexity both prevent and reduce psychogenic feather picking by young Amazon parrots. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 80, 71-85.

The value of environmental resources to domestic hens: A comparison of the work-rate for food and for nests as a function of time

Hens place a higher value on gaining access to a discrete nest-site prior to oviposition than they do on gaining access to food following 4 h food deprivation. (p. 39)

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Cooper, J. J., Appleby, M. C. 2003. The value of environmental resources to domestic hens: A comparison of the work-rate for food and for nests as a function of time. Animal Welfare 12, 39-52.

Use of pen space by broiler chickens reared at medium or very low densities

A better understanding of the motivation of broiler chickens reared indoors to go to and remain in a different part of the pen (or not) could help to provide appropriate organisation of the rearing space on farms. This study was...

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Arnould, C., Faure, J. M. 2003. Use of pen space by broiler chickens reared at medium or very low densities. British Poultry Science 43, 148-149.

Stereotypies in caged parrots, schizophrenia and autism: Evidence for a common mechanism

These results parallel the executive motor impairments seen in human patients, and therefore suggest that, like in human patients, stereotypy in caged parrots reflects a general disinhibition of the behavioral control mechanisms of the dorsal basal ganglia. If this result...

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Garner, J. P., Meehan, C. L., Mench , J. A. 2003. Stereotypies in caged parrots, schizophrenia and autism: Evidence for a common mechanism . Behavioural Brain Research 145, 125-134.

Stereotypic route-tracing in experimentally-cage songbirds correlates with general behavioural disinhibition

These results suggest that housing conditions that cause stereotypy thus alter many aspects of the behavioural control of subjects, mediated by altered striatal functioning. The implications for understanding stereotypies in laboratory, farm and zoo animals, and for laboratory-based behavioural are...

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Garner, J. P., Mason, G. J., Smith, R. 2003. Stereotypic route-tracing in experimentally-cage songbirds correlates with general behavioural disinhibition. Animal Behaviour 66, 711-727.

Feather pecking in poultry: The application of science in a search for practical solutions

Bunches of string elicited substantially greater interest than other stimuly, including feathers, and white or yellow string was the most attractive. The birds' manipulation of the string resembled preening. Incorporating silver beads or moving devices reduced pecking. String sustained lengthy...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B., Blokhuis, H. J., de Jong, I. C. et al. 2004. Feather pecking in poultry: The application of science in a search for practical solutions. Animal Welfare 13(S), 215-219.

Pigeons used in research: From barren single-housing to an enriched environment

Single-caged pigeons were successfully transferred to compatible group-housing.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Conte, A. 2005. Pigeons used in research: From barren single-housing to an enriched environment. AWI Quarterly 54(3) (Summer), 14-15.