Celine Parias

Adult chicken hens express their affective states via bare facial skin blushing and head feather movements

In mammals, facial expressions serve as a window into a variety of affective states. Emotional facial expressions in birds have received little scientific attention. Juvenile hens …

Are olfactory stimuli able to induce emotional responses in a positive context in ewes?

The perception of olfactory stimuli can influence animal emotions and behaviors, which are critical for survival and adaptation. This study explored the properties of three …

L’importance d’une relation positive entre l’entraîneur et le mouton pour réaliser un protocole d’entraînement individuel

As a gregarious species, sheep find it very difficult to be isolated from their congeners and may express signs of distress in the presence of humans, two phenomena that need to be …

Facial blushing and feather fluffing are indicators of emotions in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)

The study offacial expressions inmammals provided great advances inthe identification of their emotions and then inthe comprehension oftheir sentience. So far, this area of …

Sheep (Ovis aries) training protocol for voluntary awake and unrestrained structural brain MRI acquisitions

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive technique that requires the participant to be completely motionless. To date, MRI in awake and unrestrained animals has only been …