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dc.contributor.authorMellor, E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T12:38:35Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T12:38:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citation

Mellor, E. (2014) 'Choice tests; application and relevance in terms of improving husbandry methods and welfare of captive animals', The Plymouth Student Scientist, 7(1), p. 191-200.

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dc.identifier.issn1754-2383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14058
dc.description.abstract

Choice tests have been widely used across numerous species for a variety of reasons, including environmental enrichment preference, food and its presentation, enclosure and enclosure furniture preference, and mate choice. Choice tests can entail a cost to the animal, for example by making it work for access to a resource. The harder an animal is willing to work for a resource, or the higher the price it is willing to pay for it can reflect the importance of that particular resource to that individual. The use of choice tests can be useful in establishing what an animal wants or prefers and have the potential to positively impact an individuals’ welfare, improve husbandry methods and expand on scientific knowledge. However, the results of choice tests can be very subjective and only ask what that individual wants at that one moment in time; choices can and do vary between individuals and even by the same individual over different time periods and under different circumstances.

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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Plymouth
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjecthusbandry methodsen_US
dc.subjectwelfareen_US
dc.subjectcaptive animalsen_US
dc.subjectchoice testsen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental enrichmenten_US
dc.subjectmate choiceen_US
dc.titleChoice tests: application and relevance in terms of improving husbandry methods and welfare of captive animalsen_US
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume7
plymouth.journalThe Plymouth Student Scientist


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