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The Welfare of Captive Birds in the Future

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The Welfare of Domestic Fowl and Other Captive Birds

Part of the book series: Animal Welfare ((AWNS,volume 9))

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This chapter addresses three key uses of captive birds by humans: (i) selective breeding for productivity and appearance and the potential for genetic disorders, (ii) biomedical research and testing and (iii) wild bird trapping and trading. These very different uses have been selected because, although birds have been used in these ways for hundreds or thousands of years, rapid legal, scientific and economic developments are now placing unprecedented pressure on the birds involved.

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    Gene threshold value: The level of gene expression that a gene needs to exhibit for it to be expressed phenotypically. Classically, a dominant gene will always over-ride a recessive one and so the phenotype will mirror the dominant gene. However, if the dominant gene is not “fully dominant” then it may not be strong enough to over-ride the recessive gene and so the phenotype does not mirror the incomplete dominant gene.

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    The Directive is under revision at the time of writing.

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Girling, S.J. (2010). The Welfare of Captive Birds in the Future. In: Duncan, I., Hawkins, P. (eds) The Welfare of Domestic Fowl and Other Captive Birds. Animal Welfare, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3650-6_5

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