Essays about: "maximum price paid for food animals"

Found 3 essays containing the words maximum price paid for food animals.

1. 1. Maximum price paid in captive bush dogs (Speothos venaticus)

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi; Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Taina Thernström; [2012]
   Keywords : Etologi;

   Abstract : One way to investigate what animals in captivity   might need is to conduct preference and motivational tests. These types of   tests can help facilitate the animals to express different priorities. The   motivation can be assessed by having the animals “pay an entry cost” (e.g. READ MORE

3. 2. Are seals willing to pay for access to artificial kelp and live fish?

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Jenny Ruotimaa; [2007]
   Keywords : motivation; maximum price paid; environmental enrichment;

   Abstract : Environmental enrichment (EE) is used to improve the wellbeing of animals in human care. One way of testing what resources an animal prefers to have access to, is to make it pay a price. The price is in the form of time or energy spent to get access to the resource. READ MORE

4. 3. A method to evaluate environmental enrichments for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in zoos

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Mary Holmgren; [2007]
   Keywords : Comparator; food; maximum price paid; motivation;

   Abstract : Environmental enrichment (EE) is used to improve the life of captive animals by giving them more opportunities to express species-specific behaviours. Zoo elephants are one of the species that is in great need of EE because their environment is often barren. READ MORE