Over-sized pellets naturalize foraging time of captive Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-87

  Rozek, Jessica C ^a   Danner, Lindsey M ^a   Stucky, Paul A ^a   Millam, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Animal welfare; Enrichment; Foraging behavior; Pelleted diets; Preference testing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; ANIMALIA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 77953293086     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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