Demand curves for food in hens: Similarity under fixed-ratio and progressive-ratio schedules

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Foster, T M ^a   Temple, W ^a   Cameron, B ^a   Poling, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioral economics; Chickens; Demand curves; Fixed ratio schedule; Keypecking; Progressive ratio schedule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODEL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031041203     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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