Night-time roosting in laying hens and the effect of thwarting access to perches

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-256

  Olsson, I Anna S ^a   Keeling, Linda J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frustration; Laying hens; Motivation; Perching; Thwarting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034021154     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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