The push-door for measuring motivation in hens: An adaptation and a critical discussion of the method

Animal Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Olsson, I A S ^a   Keeling, L J ^a   McAdie, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Demand; Motivation; Operant; Poultry

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEN; MEASUREMENT; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; REWARD; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036188897     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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