The effect of an audience on the gakel-call and other frustration behaviours in the laying hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-326

  Zimmerman, P H ^a,b   Lundberg, A ^a   Keeling, L J ^a   Koene, P ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Audience frustration; Laying hens; Social behaviour; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GROOMING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; TRAINING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0041811625     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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