Laying hen behavior. 1. Effects of cage type and startle stimuli

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-476

  Elston, J J ^a,b   Beck, M M ^a   Kachman, S D ^a   Scheideler, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cage type; Laying hens; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EATING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; EATING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0034170388     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.4.471     Document Type: Article

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