Clicker Training as an Applied Refinement Measure in Chickens

When using chickens in animal studies, the handling of these animals for sample collection or general examinations is considered stressful due to their prey nature. For the study presented here, plasma and salivary corticosterone as well as New Area Test behavior and fecal output were used to evalua...

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Published in:	Animals (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 24; p. 3836
Main Authors:	Mählis, Gordon, Kleine, Anne, Lüschow, Dörte, Bartel, Alexander, Wiegard, Mechthild, Thoene-Reineke, Christa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 01-12-2023
Subjects:	animal behavior Animal culture Animal experimentation animal husbandry animal welfare Behavior Birds Corticosterone Experiments hen Hormones immobilization Immunology Laboratory animals Pathogens Plasma Poultry Serology Stress Stress (Psychology) training of animals Germany Norway hen animal husbandry stress training of animals immobilization animal welfare animal behavior positive reinforcement training clicker training corticosterone metabolic profiling
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