Ground scratching and preferred leg use in domestic chicks: Changes in motor control in the first two weeks post-hatching

Laterality

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-380

  Dharmaretnam, Meena ^a   Vijitha, V ^a   Priyadharshini, K ^a   Jashini, T ^a   Vathany, K ^a  

^a EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HATCHING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEG; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAINING; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0036798227     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500143000258     Document Type: Article

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