Social effects on dustbathing behaviour in laying hens: Using video images to investigate effect of rank

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-57

  Lundberg, Anna S ^a   Keeling, Linda J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dustbathing; Laying hens; Social facilitation; Social rank; Video

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; POULTRY; RANKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0037457222     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00239-3     Document Type: Article

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