Do domestic hens discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics in the absence of visual cues?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Hauser, Jeanine ^a   Huber Eicher, Beat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Domestic hen; Group recognition; Non visual discrimination; Recognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; POULTRY; RECOGNITION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0346403373     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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