Pecking preferences and pre-dispositions in domestic chicks: Implications for the development of environmental enrichment devices

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-312

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Carmichael, Nina L ^a   Rayner, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken welfare; Environmental enrichment; Pecking devices; Preferences

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENRICHMENT; GAMEBIRD;

EID: 0033846499     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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