The stress of not being able to perform dustbathing in laying hens

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 413-419

  Vestergaard, Klaus S ^a   Skadhauge, E ^a   Lawson, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Deprivation; Displacement activities; Dustbathing; Hens; Stereotypies; Stress behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DUST; FEMALE; HEN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; STRESS;

EID: 0030798051     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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