The effects of operant control over food and light on the behaviour of domestic hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-333

  Taylor, Pollyanna E ^a   Coerse, Nancy C A ^a   Haskell, Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chicken anomalous behaviour; Controllability; Feather pecking; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035099455     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00182-9     Document Type: Article

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