Birds

CCAC resources

• Agricultural Research
• Wildlife Research
• Species-specific recommendations on: birds
• Migratory Birds in Research: Animal User Training and Companion notes [in collaboration with Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS)]

Other resources

• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2008) Housing, Husbandry, Care & Welfare of Selected Birds (Quail, Pheasant, Finches, Ostrich, Dove, Parrot & Others), AWIC Resource Series n^o 26. Beltsville MD: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agriculture Library.
• Council of Europe (2006) Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123). In: Guidelines for Accommodation and Care of Animals. Strasbourg, France: CE.
• Fair J., Paul E. and Jones J. (eds.) (2010). Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research, 3^rd ed. Washington DC: Ornithological Council.
• Hawkins P., Morton D.B., Cameron D., Cuthill I., Francis R., Freire R., Gosler A., Healy S., Hudson A., Inglis I., Jones A., Kirkwood J., Lawton M., Monaghan P., Sherwin C. and Townsend P. (2001) Laboratory birds: refinements in husbandry and procedures. Laboratory Animals 35(Suppl.1):S1-163.
• Hubrecht R. and Kirkwood J. (eds.) (2010) The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, 8^th ed. Oxford UK: Blackwell Science.
• Reinhardt V. and Reinhardt A. (eds.) (2002) Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 9^th ed. Washington DC: Animal Welfare Institute.
• Trefy S.A., Diamond A.W. and Jesson L.K. (2013) Wing marker woes: a case study and meta-analysis of the impacts of wind and patagial tags. Journal of Ornithology 154(1):1-11.