Olfaction: An Overlooked Sensory Modality in Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare
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1 INRA, UR1197 NeuroBiologie de l’Olfaction, Jouy-en-Josas, France, 2 Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Science, Jastrzebiec, Poland, 3 Adaptation Physiology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, 4 Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 5 Department of Environmental and Health Studies, Telemark University College, Bø, Norway, 6 Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, 7 Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 8 Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 9 School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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