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experiment by Van Liere, et al. of the Wageningen Agricultural University of the Netherlands could only increase the duration of dust bathing bouts marginally by spreading lipids, equivalent to 1–2 months' accumulation, on birds' feathers. Moreover, removal of the oil gland in chicks, which eliminated the main source of lipids, had no effect on subsequent dust bathing. It therefore seems that the main effects of deprivation of dust bathing in hens act through a central mechanism and not a peripheral one.
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shavings. Most vertical wing shakes and scratching bouts within a single dust bath were observed in lignocellulose. Bill raking occurred more frequently in wood shavings and lignocellulose in comparison to the other substrates. No differences in the relative durations of behavioral patterns within a single dust bath were found. In contrast, other research shows that straw or wood-shavings were no more attractive than feathers as a substrate for dust bathing.
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The tendency to dust bathe fluctuates according to time of day, with more dust bathing occurring in the middle of the day which suggests some type of endogenous circadian rhythm of motivation. If birds are denied the opportunity to dustbathe, the tendency to dustbathe increases with time, suggesting
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Environmental temperature is an important external factor; the frequency of dust bathing is greater at 22 °C (72 °F) than at 10 °C (50 °F). Addition of supplementary visible light also increases components of dust bathing, and when hens are individually housed, the presence of a
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usually have no dust bathing substrate. This is considered to be a welfare concern and as a consequence, dust bathing has been closely studied in domestic egg-laying hens. In the absence of substrate in cages, hens often perform sham dust bathing, a behavior during which the birds perform all the
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Wrens and House Sparrows frequently follow a water bath with a dust bath (one reason to suspect an anti-parasite function for dusting). Overall, the amount of time and effort birds put into bathing and dusting indicates how critical feather maintenance may be. Keeping feathers functional requires
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on the feathers and a subsequent increase in dust bathing activity when this is allowed. However, although it has been speculated that the function of dust bathing is probably removal of excess lipids on the feathers, lipid accumulation as a major cause of dust bathing has not been proven. A 1991
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is a highly sociable bird; one of their daily communal activities is a dust bath. A group of quail will select an area where the ground has been freshly turned or is soft. Using their underbellies, they burrow downward into the soil about 2–5 cm (1–2 in). They then wriggle about in the
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mat without substrate, or food particles, the time spent dust bathing and number of dust baths were higher in lignocellulose compared with wood shavings, food particles, and Astroturf. The average duration of a single dust bath was longer in food particles compared with lignocellulose and wood
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Many mammals roll in sand or dirt, presumably to keep parasites away or to help dry themselves after exercise or becoming wet. A sand roll, which is a stall or yard covered with deep sand, is traditionally included as part of stable complexes for use by racehorses after exercise.
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Birds crouch close to the ground while taking a dust bath, vigorously wriggling their bodies and flapping their wings. This disperses loose substrate into the air. The birds spread one or both wings which allows the falling substrate to fall between the
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Dust bathing is motivated by complex interactions between internal factors which build up over time, peripheral factors relating to the skin and feathers, and external factors, such as the sight of a dusty substrate.
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Vestergaard, K.; Hogan, J.A.; Kruijt, J.P. (1990). "The development of a behavior system: Dustbathing in the Burmese red junglefowl. I. The influence of the rearing environment on the organization of dustbathing".
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Vestergaard, K., 1980. The regulation of dustbathing and other behaviour patterns in the laying hen: A Lorenzian approach. In: Moss, R. (Ed.) The Laying Hen and its Environment, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, pp.
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Sanatora, G.S.; Vestergaard, K.S.; Agger, J.F.; Lawson, L.G. (1995). "The relative preferences for feathers, straw, wood-shavings and sand for dustbathing, pecking and scratching in domestic chicks".
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group of hens dust bathing in an adjoining pen with a dust bath increased dust bathing compared with the amount occurring when the hens were absent from the pen., i.e. there is a strong influence of
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Merrill, R.J.N.; Cooper, J.J.; Albentosa, M.J.; Nicol, C.J. (2006). "The preferences of laying hens for perforated Astroturf over conventional wire as a dust bathing substrate in furnished cages".
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Nørgaard-Nielsen, G. and Vestergaard, K., (1981). Dustbathing behaviour of uropygial gland extirpated domestic hens. Effects of dust deprivation. Acta Vet. Scand. 22: 118–128
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indentations, flapping their wings and ruffling their feathers, causing dust to rise in the air. They seem to prefer sunny places in which to create these dust baths. An
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is able to detect the presence of quail in an area by spotting the circular indentations left behind in the soft dirt, some 7–15 cm (3–6 in) in diameter.
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Olsson, I.A.S.; Keeling, L.J. (2005). "Why in earth? Dustbathing behaviour in jungle and domestic fowl reviewed from a Tinbergian and animal welfare perspective".
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as they leave a "pungent" odor in the dust bathing areas. It has been suggested that wallowing (a behavior similar to dust bathing) may serve functions such as
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van Liere, D.W., (1991). Function and Organization of Dustbathing Behaviour in Laying Hens. PhD thesis, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Olsson, I.A.S.; Duncan, I.J.H.; Keeling, L.J.; Widowski, T.M. (2002). "How important is social facilitation for dustbathing in laying hens?".
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Peripheral factors seem relatively unimportant in controlling dust bathing. Deprivation of dust bathing results in an increase in
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van Liere, D.W.; Bockma, S. (1987). "Short-term feather maintenance as a function of dustbathing in laying hens".
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Bracke, M.B.M. (2011). "Review of wallowing in pigs: Description of the behaviour and its motivational basis".
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Olsson, I.A.S.; Keeling, L.J.; Duncan, I.J.H. (2002). "Why do hens sham dustbathe when they have litter?".
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species. For some animals, dust baths are necessary to maintain healthy feathers, skin, or fur, similar to
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van Liere, D.W. (1992). "Dustbathing as related to proximal and distal feather lipids in laying hens".
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Vestergaard, K (1982). "Dust-bathing in the domestic fowl: diurnal rhythm and dust deprivation".
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Dust bathing has been suggested to have a communicatory function in several mammals such as the
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and so help the plumage maintain good insulating capacity and may help control of
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elements of normal dust bathing, but in the complete absence of any substrate.
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van Liere, D.W. (1992). "The significance of fowls' bathing in dust".
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in mud. In some mammals, dust bathing may be a way of transmitting
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Scholz, B.; Urselmans, S.; Kjaer, J.B.; Schrader, L. (2010).
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for dust bathing substrate. When given a choice between
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Index

Dust bath
sand bath
house sparrow

maintenance behavior
mammalian
avian
bathing
wallowing
chemical signals
pheromones
territory


Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark

Malabar pied hornbill
India

house sparrow
house sparrows
feathers
skin
preening
California quail
ornithologist
uropygial gland
emu
kiwi
ostrich

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