Lab Animal Europe
Volume 10. No 3 | March 2010
 
Clinical Technique


Enrichment for Carneaux pigeons used in behavioural learning research

Cyndi Brown, DVM, Dip ABVP Avian

In studies of behavior and learning, common enrichment items and techniques may be prohibited because they interfere with the study. This column describes a new enrichment strategy that can be given to pigeons being used in behavioral learning research. The enrichment device encourages foraging in singly housed Carneaux pigeons.

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