The demand for straw and feathers as litter substrates by laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-330

  Gunnarsson, S ^a   Matthews, L R ^b   Foster, T M ^c   Temple, W ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Chicken; Consumer demand; Dustbathing; Foraging; Litter; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033981179     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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