The behavioural priorities of laying hens: The effect of cost/no cost multi-choice tests on time budgets

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 225-238

  Bubier, Norma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural needs; Cost; Deprivation; Laying hen; Pecking and scratching; Time budget; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; SCRATCHING;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030248412     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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