Effect of acute heat stress on cognitive performance of chickens in a feed-related discriminant task

Little is known about immediate and long-lasting effect of acute heat stress on chicken cognition. Thirty-five, 9-week-old birds were trained to differentiate two cone colours; white (rewarded, R; with feed underneath) and black (unrewarded, UR; empty). The sixteen birds that learnt the task were ra...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben

Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of thermal biology 2021-05, Vol.98, p.102914-102914, Article 102914
Hauptverfasser:	Iyasere, Oluwaseun S., Oyetunji, Damilola E., Wheto, Mathew, Durosaro, Samuel O., Adigun, Taiwo T., Muraina, Habeeb A., Akinyemi, Olaoluwa O., Daramola, James O.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal welfare Body temperatures Cognitive ability Discriminant task FUNAAB Alpha chickens Heat stress Latency Motivation Thermal suffering
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!