Selection of social traits in juvenile Japanese quail affects adults' behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 174-186

  Formanek, Laureline ^a   Houdelier, Cécilia ^a   Lumineau, Sophie ^a   Bertin, Aline ^a   Cabanès, Guénaël ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Influence of age; Japanese quail; Poultry welfare; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; COPING STRATEGY; GAMEBIRD; IMMOBILIZATION; JUVENILE; POULTRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 42949170960     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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