Age-related changes in fear, sociality and pecking behaviours in two strains of laying hen

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 414-423

  Hocking, P M ^a   Channing, C E ^a   Waddington, D ^a   Jones, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; INJURY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035463915     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120070686     Document Type: Article

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