Sex and type of feed effects on motivation and ability to walk for a food reward in fast growing broilers

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-261

  Bokkers, Eddie A M ^a   Koene, Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broiler; Frustration; Locomotion; Motivation; Runway; Sex differences; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; POULTRY;

AVES;

EID: 0036838061     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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