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Abnormal Behaviours

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Broom, D. M. (1983, September). Stereotypies as animal welfare indicators. In Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare: A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organized by Dr. D. Smidt, and held in Mariensee, 9-10 November 1982 (pp. 81-87). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

Abnormal repetitive behaviour principles

Browning, H. (2020). The natural behavior debate: Two conceptions of animal welfare. Journal of applied animal welfare science, 23(3), 325-337.

natural versus normal behaviour

Fernandez, E. J. (2021). Appetitive search behaviors and stereotypies in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Behavioural Processes, 182, 104299.

Natural behaviour, carnivore welfare

Goldsborough, Z., Sterck, E. H., De Waal, F. B. M., & Webb, C. E. (2022). Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour. Animal Welfare, 31(1), 125-135.

chimpanzee, abnormal behaviour

Jacobson, S. L., Ross, S. R., & Bloomsmith, M. A. (2016). Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: Prevalence and potential influencing factors. PeerJ, 4, e2225.

chimpanzee, abnormal behaviour

Maple, T. L., & Perdue, B. M. (2013). Zoo animal welfare (Vol. 14). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Zoo animal welfare

Mason, G. J., & Latham, N. (2004). Can’t stop, won’t stop: is stereotypy a reliable animal welfare indicator?.Animal Welfare, 13: S57–S69.

Abnormal repetitive behaviour, stereotypic behaviour

Mason, G., & Rushen, J. (Eds.). (2006). Stereotypic animal behaviour: fundamentals and applications to welfare. Cabi.

Abnormal repetitive behaviour, stereotypic behaviour

Miller, L. J., Ivy, J. A., Vicino, G. A., & Schork, I. G. (2019). Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 22(2), 188-196.

Natural behaviour, carnivore welfare

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