Quantifying Acute Behavioral Reactions of Bali Mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) to Environmental and Progressively Challenging Enrichment
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Animals use specific behaviors and skills to overcome challenges access resources. Environmental enrichment is provided animals in human care both promote species-appropriate reduce undesired behaviors. Feather pecking birds an behavior without a clear cause. The Saint Louis Zoo houses three pairs of young Bali mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) who pluck neck feathers from conspecifics. To this behavior, animal staff presented the with seven items four categories, presenting each item twice. included modifiable, progressively challenging bamboo tube device at multiple levels difficulty. While plucking was not affected by any item, we observed significant increases locomotion decreases autopreening, allogrooming, head bobbing. Leafy greens produced greatest changes when compared other types. Overall engagement increased change first second level difficulty, interaction highest for third most difficult version. These suggest that no habituation occurred, while possible neophobic effect declined uses familiarity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of zoological and botanical gardens
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2673-5636']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg4010017