Reaction to frustration in high and low feather pecking lines of laying hens from commercial or semi-natural rearing conditions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-188

  Rodenburg, T B ^a   Koene, P ^a   Spruijt, B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feather pecking; Frustration; Laying hens; Rearing conditions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POULTRY; REARING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FRUSTRATION; HEN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; REARING; REWARD;

AVES;

EID: 1042278857     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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