Undirected singing rate as a non-invasive tool for welfare monitoring in isolated male zebra finches

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 8; p. e0236333
• Main Authors: Yamahachi, Homare, Zai, Anja T, Tachibana, Ryosuke O, Stepien, Anna E, Rodrigues, Diana I, Cavé-Lopez, Sophie, Lorenz, Corinna, Arneodo, Ezequiel M, Giret, Nicolas, Hahnloser, Richard H. R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 10.08.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adaptation; Animal protection; Animal welfare; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Bird impact; Birds; Evaluation; Experiments; Finches; Food; Life Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Monitoring; Neurobiology; Neurons and Cognition; Neurosciences; Observations; Physiological aspects; Research and Analysis Methods; Singing; Social aspects; Social isolation; Social Sciences; Software; Song; Songbirds; Stress; Stress (Psychology); Surgery; Taeniopygia guttata; Tethering; Vocalization behavior; White noise; Zebra finch; Switzerland; France

Research on the songbird zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) has advanced our behavioral, hormonal, neuronal, and genetic understanding of vocal learning. However, little is known about the impact of typical experimental manipulations on the welfare of these birds. Here we explore whether the undirect...