Effects of social interactions on pre-laying behaviour in hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  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)

Author keywords

Aggression; Hen; Nest site; Pre laying behaviour; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC HEN; LAYING BEHAVIOUR; NEST SITE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032006335     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01196-3     Document Type: Article

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