The effect of frustrative nonreward on vocalisations and behaviour in the laying hen, Gallus gallus domesticus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Zimmerman, P H ^a   Koene, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Classical conditioning; Domestic fowl; Frustration; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; NONHUMAN; REWARD; TRAINING; VOCALIZATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032428396     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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