Validation of a combined approach-avoidance and conditioned stimulus aversion paradigm for evaluating aversion in chickens.

Understanding animals' aversion is important to improving their welfare. Aversion is often assessed using an approach-avoidance (AA) test in which animals have to forfeit a reward if they want to avoid an event or environment presented in the same place. However, sometimes the event/environment...

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Main Authors: Emmarentia W du Plessis, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Charlotte F Bolwell, Kevin J Stafford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247674