Publications

Filial imprinting, environmental enrichment, and music application – Effects on behavior and performance of meat strain chicks

In conclusion, these preliminary studies on the combined effects of filial imprinting, environmental enrichment, and music on the performance and behavior of meat type chicks, suggest the possible benefits of these procedures, such as reduction of stress behavior [fear response]...

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Gvaryahud, G., Cunningham, D. L., van Tienhoven, A. 1989. Filial imprinting, environmental enrichment, and music application - Effects on behavior and performance of meat strain chicks. Poultry Science 68, 211-217.

Effect of naltrexone on relaxation influenced by flank pressure in pigs

Pressure on the side of a pig's body will cause the animal to relax.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Grandin, T., Dodman, N., Shuster, L. 1989. Effect of naltrexone on relaxation influenced by flank pressure in pigs. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 33, 839-842.

Voluntary acceptance of restraint by sheep

Training technique is described and documented with a photo to make sheep to be voluntarily restrained in a tilt squeeze table for a grain reward. All sheep movements from the crowd pen into the race and squeeze tilt table were...

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Sheep

Citation: Grandin, T. 1989. Voluntary acceptance of restraint by sheep. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 23, 257-261.

Behavioral principles of livestock handling

Reducing stress during handling will improve productivity and prevent physiological changes that could confound research results or lower productivity. Handling stresses lower conception rates and reduces both immune and rumen function. Handlers who understand livestock behavior can reduce stress. Livestock...

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Cattle, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Grandin, T. 1989. Behavioral principles of livestock handling. Professional Animal Scientist 5(2), 1-11.

Effect of Rearing Environment and Environmental Enrichment on Behavior and Neural Development in Young Pigs (Doctoral Disseration)

Pigs raised in a windowless building with hanging rubber hose toys and weekly petting were less excitable compared to pigs raised with no extra environmental stimulation. Pigs exposed to an enriched environment approached novel objects more quickly than animals raised...

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Grandin, T. 1989. Effect of Rearing Environment and Environmental Enrichment on Behavior and Neural Development in Young Pigs (Doctoral Disseration). University of Illinois , Urbana, IL.

Individual housing does not influence the adaptation of the pituitary-adrenal axis and other physiological variables to chronic stress in adult male rats

Individually housed rats displayed a higher corticosterone stress response to 30-minute immobilization than group-housed rats.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Giralt, M., Armario, A. 1989. Individual housing does not influence the adaptation of the pituitary-adrenal axis and other physiological variables to chronic stress in adult male rats. Physiology and Behavior 45, 477-481.

Diagnostic approach to polydipsia and polyuria

Year Published: 1989

Citation: Feldman, E. C., Nelson, R. W. 1989. Diagnostic approach to polydipsia and polyuria. The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 19(2), 327-341.

Nest site selection and nest-building behaviour in domestic fowl

It is more important for hens to have a nesting site with a substrate that can be moulded with the body and feet than one that can be manipulated with the beak. ... The hen has some 'need' to perform...

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Duncan, I. J. H., Kite, V. G. 1989. Nest site selection and nest-building behaviour in domestic fowl. Animal Behaviour 37, 215-231.

Transportation of rats affects behavior on non-transported rats in the absence of physical contact

Exposure [visual, auditory and olfactory] to stressed conspecifics was accompanied by an increase in cortisol levels.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: De Laat, J. M. T., Van Tintelen, G., Beynen, A. C. 1989. Transportation of rats affects behavior on non-transported rats in the absence of physical contact. Zeitschrift f?r Versuchstierkunde 32, 235-237.

Male rhesus monkey’s unusual behavior: Interspecific adoption

A 12-year old male of a breeding troop adopted a kitten. The intruder was treated very gently and showed no signs of abuse from its 'foster father' .

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Collazo, V. E. 1989. Male rhesus monkey's unusual behavior: Interspecific adoption. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 28(1), 23.