Taste aversion learning to eliminate feather pecking in laying hens, Gallus gallus domesticus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 485-490

  Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^a   Beck, Philipp ^a   Piepho, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

feather eating; feather pecking; Gallus gallus domesticus; laying hen; learning; taste aversion

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; POULTRY; QUININE; TASTE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 68349157661     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Alcock J. Punishment levels and the response of black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus) to three kinds of artificial seeds. Animal Behaviour 18 (1970) 592-599
2. Altmann J. Observational study of behaviour: sampling methods. Behaviour 49 (1974) 227-267
3. Blokhuis H.J. Feather pecking in poultry: its relation with ground-pecking. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 16 (1986) 63-67
4. Blum M.S. Chemical Defences of Arthropods (1981), Academic Press, New York
5. Brown N.S. The effect of louse infestation, wet feathers, and relative humidity on the grooming behaviour of the domestic chicken. Poultry Science 53 (1974) 1717-1719
6. Burritt E.A., and Provenza F.D. Amount of experience and prior illness affect the acquisition and persistence of conditioned food aversions in lambs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48 (1996) 73-80
7. Dixon L.M., Duncan I.J.H., and Mason G.J. What's in a peck? Using fixed action pattern morphology to identify the motivational basis of abnormal feather-pecking behaviour. Animal Behaviour 76 (2008) 1035-1042
8. Dragoin W.B. Conditioning and extinction of taste aversions with variations in intensity of the CS and UCS in two strains of rats. Psychonomic Science 22 (1971) 303-304
9. Eisner T., and Meinwald J. Defensive secretion of arthropods. Science 153 (1966) 1341-1350
10. Elkins R.L. Conditioned flavour aversions to familiar tap water in rats: an adjustment with implications for aversion therapy treatment of alcoholism and obesity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 83 (1974) 411-417
11. Fenwick S., Miluka P.J., and Klein S.B. The effect of different levels of pre-exposure to sucrose on the acquisition and extinction of a conditioned aversion. Behavioral Biology 14 (1975) 231-235
12. Ganchrow D., and Ganchrow J.R. Number and distribution of taste buds in the oral cavity of hatching chicks. Physiology and Behavior 34 (1985) 889-894
13. Garcia J., and Hankins W.G. The evolution of bitter and the acquisition of toxiphobia. In: Denton D.A., and Rushen J.P. (Eds). The Fifth International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste (1975), Academic Press, New York 39-45
14. Garcia J., and Holder M.D. Time, space and value. Human Neurobiology 4 (1985) 81-89
15. Gentle M.J., and Hunter L.N. Physiological and behavioural responses associated with feather removal in Gallus gallus domesticus. Research in Veterinary Science 50 (1990) 95-101
16. Giesbrecht F.G., and Burns J.C. Two-stage analysis based on a mixed model: large-sample asymptotic theory and small-sample simulation results. Biometrics 41 (1985) 477-486
17. Gittleman J.L.P., Harvey H., and Greenwood P.J. The evolution of conspicuous coloration: some experiments in bad taste. Animal Behaviour 28 (1980) 897-899
18. Halpin C.G., Skelhorn J., and Rowe C. Naïve predators and selection for rare conspicuous defended prey: the initial evolution of aposematism revisited. Animal Behaviour 75 (2008) 771-781
19. Harlander-Matauschek A., and Bessei W. Feather eating and crop filling in laying hens. Archiv für Geflügelkunde 69 (2005) 241-244
20. Harlander-Matauschek A., and Häusler K. Understanding feather eating behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 117 (2009) 35-41
21. Harlander-Matauschek A., Baes C., and Bessei W. The demand of laying hens for feathers and wood shavings. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 101 (2006) 102-110
22. Harlander-Matauschek A., Piepho H.P., and Bessei W. The effect of feather eating on feed passage in laying hens. Poultry Science 85 (2006) 21-25
23. Harlander-Matauschek A., Häusler K., and Bessei W. A note on the relative preferences of laying hens for feathers from different body parts. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 108 (2007) 186-190
24. Harlander-Matauschek A., Benda I., Lavetti C., Djukic M., and Bessei W. The relative preferences for wood shavings or feathers in high and low feather-pecking birds. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 107 (2007) 78-87
25. Harlander-Matauschek A., Wassermann F., Zentek J., and Bessei W. Laying hens learn to avoid feathers. Poultry Science 87 (2008) 1-5
26. Haskell M., Coerse N.C.A., and Forkman B. Frustration-induced aggression in the domestic hen: the effect of thwarting access to food and water on aggressive responses and subsequent approach tendencies. Behaviour 137 (2000) 531-546
27. Huber-Eicher B., and Wechsler B. The effect of foraging material and perch height on feather pecking and feather damage in laying hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 58 (1997) 131-141
28. Huber-Eicher B., and Wechsler B. The effect of quality and availability of foraging materials on feather pecking in laying hens. Animal Behaviour 55 (1998) 861-873
29. Hughes B.O., and Duncan I.J.H. The influence of strain and environmental factors upon feather pecking and cannibalism in fowls. British Poultry Science 13 (1972) 525-547
30. Kjaer J.B., and Vestergaard K.S. Development in feather pecking in relation to light intensity. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 62 (1999) 243-254
31. Kjaer J.B., Sorensen P., and Su G. Divergent selection on feather pecking behaviour in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 71 (2001) 229-239
32. Kruijt J.P. Ontogeny of social behaviour in Burmese red junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus). Behaviour, Supplement 12 (1964) 1-201
33. McAdie T.M., and Keeling L.J. The social transmission of feather pecking in laying hens; effects of environment and age. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 75 (2002) 147-159
34. McKeegan D.E.F., and Savory C.J. Feather eating in individually caged hens which differ in their propensity to feather peck. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 73 (2001) 131-140
35. Møller A.P. The preening activity of swallows, Hirundo rustica, in relation to experimentally manipulated loads of haematophagous mites. Animal Behaviour 42 (1991) 251-260
36. Newberry R.C., Keeling L.J., Estevez I., and Bilcik B. Behaviour when young as a predictor of severe feather pecking in adult laying hens: the redirected foraging hypothesis revisited. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 107 (2007) 262-274
37. Piepho H.P., Büchse A., and Richter C. A mixed modelling approach to randomized experiments with repeated measures. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 190 (2004) 230-247
38. Provenza F.D. Postingestive feedback as an elementary determinant of food preferences and intake in ruminants. Journal of Range Management 48 (1995) 2-17
39. Provenza F.D., and Balph D.F. Applicability of five diet-selection models to various foraging challenger ruminants encounter. In: Hughes R.N. (Ed). Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection. Berlin: Springer Verlag Vol. G20 (1990) 423-460
40. Rodenburg T.B., Koene P., Bokkers E.A.M., Bos M.E.H., Uitdehaag K.A., and Spruijt B.M. Can short-term frustration facilitate feather pecking in laying hens?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 91 (2005) 85-101
41. Roper T.J., and Marples N.M. Odour and colour as cues for taste-avoidance learning in domestic chicks. Animal Behaviour 53 (1997) 1241-1250
42. Rowe C., and Skelhorn J. Colour biases are a question of taste. Animal Behaviour 69 (2005) 587-594
43. Savory C.J. Feather pecking and cannibalism. World's Poultry Science Journal 51 (1995) 215-219
44. Sayre R.W., and Clark L. Effect of primary and secondary repellents on European starlings: an initial assessment. Journal of Wildlife Management 65 (2001) 461-469
45. Skelhorn J., and Rowe C. Prey palatability influences predator learning and memory. Animal Behaviour 71 (2006) 1111-1118
46. Skelhorn J., Griksaitis D., and Rowe C. Colour biases are more than a question of taste. Animal Behaviour 75 (2008) 827-835
47. Wennrich G. Ethological studies of domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) of different hybrid origin in floor management with special reference to aggressive behaviour as well as feather pecking and cannibalism. 1st Communication: pecking movements in feeding behaviour. Archiv für Geflügelkunde 38 (1974) 143-149
48. Wood-Gush D.G.M. The Behaviour of the Domestic Fowl (1971), Heinemann Educational Books, London
49. Zeltner E., Klein T., and Huber-Eicher B. Is there social transmission of feather pecking in groups of laying hen chicks?. Animal Behaviour 60 (2000) 211-216