The interaction between pre-laying behaviour and feeding in hens: Implications for motivation

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 13-14, 1997, Pages 1019-1030

  Freire, Rafael ^a,c   Appleby, Michael C ^a   Hughes, Barry O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031487161     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00377     Document Type: Article

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