A note on aggression and cannibalism in laying hens following re-housing and re-grouping

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-163

  Cloutier, Sylvie ^a   Newberry, Ruth C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cannibalism; Laying hen; Xenophobia

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANNIBALISM; LIVESTOCK; POULTRY;

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EID: 0037017820     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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4. Some measurable effects of social organisation in flocks of hens
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6. Cannibalistic tadpoles that pose the greatest threat to kin are most likely to discriminate kin
7. Kin recognition and larval cannibalism by adult females in specialist predaceous mites