Effects of stress in hens on the behaviour of their offspring

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 66-77

  Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Torjesen, Peter ^b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chicken; Competition; Corticosterone; Fear; Maternal effects; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; HORMONE; IMMOBILIZATION; POULTRY; SECRETION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34548412253     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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