The use of a mirror as a 'social substitute' in laboratory birds

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Henry, Laurence ^a   Le Cars, Katell ^a   Mathelier, Maryvonne ^a   Bruderer, Cécile ^a   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Laboratory animals; Mirror image; Sex; Social experience; Starling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; LABORATORY METHOD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MALE; MIRROR; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STARLING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUIDAE; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 46549089217     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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