Olfaction: An Overlooked Sensory Modality in Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare

摘要: It has long been known that odors and olfaction play a major role in behavioral development expression animals. The sense of smell is employed numerous contexts, such as foraging, mate choice, predation risk assessment. Indeed, the primary sensory modality for most mammals, many domestic species kept by humans, including chickens (1). Odors are therefore likely to influence handling management procedures carried out with animals, whether on farms, zoos, laboratory, or family home. Despite this, applied ethologists animal welfare scientists have not any great extent investigated chemosensory perception included their studies.