Parrot

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.

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.

Psittacine birds as laboratory animals: Refinements and assessment of welfare

We address housing, refinements of husbandry, and some concerns regarding the use of parrots as laboratory animals. Because the duration of a project is most likely brief relative to the lifespan of the bird, among the most important goals is...

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Kalmar, I. S., Moons, C. P. H., Meers, L. L. et al. 2007. Psittacine birds as laboratory animals: Refinements and assessment of welfare. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science] 46(4), 8-15.

Foraging ?enrichment? as treatment for pterotillomania

This study was performed to determine whether foraging enrichment reduces self-directed psychogenic feather picking (pterotillomania) in parrots. A positive correlation between increased foraging time and improvement of feather score was hypothesised. Eighteen pterotillomanic African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) were randomly...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Lumeij, J. T., Hommers, C. J. 2008. Foraging ?enrichment? as treatment for pterotillomania. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 111(1-2), 85-94 .

Organic wheatgrass as environmental enrichment

Environmental enrichment must be provided for the various animal species that are housed in laboratory animal facilities. Wheatgrass can be used as a natural form of enrichment that requires minimal preparation and effort. Wheatgrass is appropriate enrichment for cats, rabbits,...

Year Published: 2010Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Cat, Chicken, Finch, Guinea Pig, Mouse, Other Bird, Parrot, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Brown, C. 2010. Organic wheatgrass as environmental enrichment. Lab Animal 39(3), 74-75.

Defining and assessing animal pain

The detection and assessment of pain in animals is crucial to improving their welfare in a variety of contexts in which humans are ethically or legally bound to do so. Thus clear standards to judge whether pain is likely to...

Year Published: 2014Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General, Amphibian, Bird, Cephalopod, Crocodile & Alligator, Crustacean, Finch, Fish, Fowl, Frog & Toad, Insect & Spider, Invertebrate, Lizard, Other Bird, Other Fish, Other Invertebrate, Parrot, Reptile, Salamander, Salmon, Snake, Tilapia, Trout, Turtle & Tortoise, Zebrafish

Citation: Sneddon, L. U., Elwood, R. W., Adamo, S. A. et al. 2014. Defining and assessing animal pain. Animal Behaviour 97, 201-212.