T-maze behaviour in broiler chicks is not sensitive to right-left preferences, test order or time-of-day

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-214

  Marin, Raul H ^a   Jones, R Bryan ^b  

^a Ctro Regl Invest Cie Y T   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken genetics; T maze behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BREEDING; BROILER; GENETIC VARIANCE; GROWTH RATE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

EID: 0034024070     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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