Ease of capture in lines of japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) subjected to contrasting selection for fear or sociability

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-134

  Mills, Andrew D ^a   Faure, Jean M ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Capture; Coturnix japonica; Fear; Genetics; Japanese quail; Sociality; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 0033860435     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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