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Environmental enrichment: increasing the biological relevance of captive environments
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In this paper, the authors define environmental enrichment as an improvement in the biological functioning of captive animals resulting from modifications to their environment, which can include increased lifetime reproductive success, increased inclusive fitness or a correlate of these such as improved health.About:
This article is published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science.The article was published on 1995-09-01. It has received 811 citations till now.read more
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Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare.
Alain Boissy,Gerhard Manteuffel,Margit Bak Jensen,Randi Oppermann Moe,Berry M. Spruijt,Linda J. Keeling,Christoph Winckler,Björn Forkman,Ivan Dimitrov,Jan Langbein,Morten Bakken,Isabelle Veissier,Arnaud Aubert +12 more
TL;DR: Play, affiliative behaviors and some vocalizations appear to be the most promising convenient indicators for assessing positive experiences in laboratory and farm animals under commercial conditions.
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Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching
Katherine L. Buchanan,T. Burt de Perera,Claudio Carere,T. Carter,A. Hailey,Robert Hubrecht,D. Jennings,N. Metcalfe,T. Pitcher,F. Peron,Lynne U. Sneddon,CM Sherwin,J. Talling,Ranjeny Thomas,M. Thompson +14 more
TL;DR: These guidelines are general in scope, since the diversity of species and the study techniques used in behavioural research preclude the inclusion of prescriptive standards for animal care and treatment, other than emphasizing the general principle that the best animal welfare is a prerequisite for the best science.
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Behavioral development in animals undergoing domestication
TL;DR: The domestication process has frequently reduced the sensitivity of animals to changes in their environment, perhaps the single-most important change accompanying domestication, and resulted in modified rates of behavioral and physical development.
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Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives
TL;DR: In fact, fear is now widely regarded as an undesirable state of suffering by many members of the public, the scientific community, welfare and policy groups, as well as by a growing number of farmers as mentioned in this paper.
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View through a window may influence recovery from surgery
TL;DR: Surgical patients assigned to rooms with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital stays, received fewer negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took fewer potent analgesics than matched patients in similar Rooms with windows facing a brick building wall.
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American Society of Agricultural Engineers Status changed from an Associated to an Affiliated Society, AAAS
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Receiver psychology and the evolution of animal signals
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that an important but neglected evolutionary force on signal design is the psychology of the signal receiver, and that three aspects of receiver psychology (what a receiver finds easy to detect, easy to discriminate and easy to remember) constitute powerful selective forces in signal design.
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From an animal's point of view: Motivation, fitness, and animal welfare.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an objective basis for deciding when an animal is suffering, which includes a wide range of unpleasant emotional states such as fear, boredom, pain, and hunger, and the care of animals can be based on an objective, animal-centered assessment of their needs.