The effects of short term enrichment on learning in chickens from a laying strain (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 318-327

  Krause, Tobias E ^a   Naguib, Marc ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a   Schrader, Lars ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chickens; Environmental enrichment; Fearfulness; Learning behaviour; Short term enrichment; Y maze test

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POULTRY; REARING;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33750963325     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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