Genetic, environmental, and neighbor effects on the severity of stereotypies and feather picking in Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica): An epidemiological study

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 153-168

  Garner, Joseph P ^a,b   Meehan, Cheryl L ^a   Famula, Thomas R ^a   Mench, Joy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Feather pecking; Heritability; Obsessive compulsive behavior; Social enrichment

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 31044454140     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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