An association between feather damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in captive African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

BACKGROUND: African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) are kept as pets and are frequently hand-reared. It has been observed that hand-reared African grey parrots may develop behavioral disorders such as feather damaging behavior (FDB). It is well known that chronic stress is involved in behavioral...

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Autors principals: Costa, Pierluca, Macchi, Elisabetta, Valle, Emanuela, De Marco, Michele, Nucera, Daniele M., Gasco, Laura, Schiavone, Achille
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Animal Behavior
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028759/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672512
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2462
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