Measuring fearfulness of hens in commercial organic egg production

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-171

  Hegelund, Lene ^a   Sorensen J T ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Fear test; Flock evaluation; Laying hens; Test stimuli; Tonic immobility test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEN; HERD; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249000137     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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