Demand for nest boxes in laying hens

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-182

  Cooper, Jonathan J ^a,b   Appleby, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Hen; Nest box; Prelaying behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAGE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0029976197     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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