Validation of tests for on-farm assessment of the hen-human relationship in non-cage systems

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 301-310

  Graml, Christine ^a   Waiblinger, Susanne ^a   Niebuhr, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Human animal relationship; Laying hen; Non cage systems; On farm assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 41749108903     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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