Do the stereotypies of pigs, chickens and mink reflect adaptive species differences in the control of foraging?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-58

  Mason, Georgia ^a   Mendl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chickens; Evolution; Feeding behaviour; Forgoing; Motivation Autoshaping; Pigs; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FORAGING; MINK; PIG; STEREOTYPY;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUSTELA VISON; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030614056     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01150-1     Document Type: Article

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