Why do hens sham dustbathe when they have litter?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Olsson, I Anna S ^a,c   Keeling, Linda J ^a   Duncan, Ian J H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dustbathing; Motivation; Poultry; Stimulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037154696     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00181-2     Document Type: Article

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