Effects of mixed housing of birds from two genetic lines of laying hens on open field and manual restraint responses

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Uitdehaag, K A ^a   Rodenburg, T B ^a   van Hierden, Y M ^b   Bolhuis, J E ^a   Toscano, M J ^c   Nicol, C J ^c   Komen, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ECOstyle BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear response; Genetic; Laying hen; Social environment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETICS; LIVESTOCK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEAR; GENETIC LINE; HEN; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AVES;

EID: 46349093085     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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