Stability of fear and sociality in two strains of laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-508

  Ghareeb, K ^a,b   Niebuhr, K ^a   Awad, W A ^a   Waiblinger, S ^a   Troxler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Institute of Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES;

EID: 53349145933     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802290390     Document Type: Article

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