The effect of previous experience over control of access to food and light on the level of frustration-induced aggression in the domestic hen

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 501-513

  Haskell, Marie J ^a,c   Coerse, Nancy C A ^a   Taylor, Polly Anna E ^b   McCorquodale, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; DOMINANCE; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3242777119     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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