Reaction of laying hens to humans in the home or a novel environment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 98-109

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Housing system; Human animal relationship; Poultry; Tests; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; HOUSING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 46849119459     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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