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Operant conditioning: Alligators in captivity respond to dog-like training

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — What do the names Tater-tot, Ziggy, Circle, Twin and Toad have in common? Some might think they are call signs, like Maverick and Goose from “Top Gun,” but the unique monikers ...
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Egeler, J. L., Hoekwater, S., Hoffman, H. D. 2010. Operant training differences between male and female group-housed nonhuman primates. American Association for Laboratory ...

Operant training of animals is a widely accepted practice for training or conditioning animals to cooperate with technical procedures or perform certain tasks in a laboratory setting. This type of ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Martinez de Andino, E. V., McDonnell, S. M. 2017. Evaluation of operant learning in young foals using target training. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 193, 67-72.

The primary purpose of this study was to characterize operant learning performance of young foals. For each of 26 foals, aged 6–20 weeks, learning performance was quantitatively evaluated in a single ...
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Animal training : successful animal management through positive reinforcement / [compiled] by Ken Ramirez

Articles reprinted from various sources. NZPWHS copy 39088015032105 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Laura Peebles & Ellen Fingerman In Memory of Dr. Hilary Petit, ...