Can short-term frustration facilitate feather pecking in laying hens?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-101

  Rodenburg, T B ^a   Koene, P ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^a   Bos, M E H ^a   Uitdehaag, K A ^a   Spruijt, B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feather pecking; Frustration; Laying hens; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; GAMEBIRD;

AVES;

EID: 16244377755     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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