The association of response to a novel object with subsequent performance and feather damage in adult, cage-housed, pure-bred Rhode Island red laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2486-2492

  Uitdehaag, K A ^a   Rodenburg, T B ^a   Komen, H ^a   Kemp, B ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Egg production; Genetic line; Laying hen; Novel object test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049116691     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00059     Document Type: Article

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