Mixed housing of different genetic lines of laying hens negatively affects feather pecking and fear related behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Uitdehaag, Koen A ^a   Rodenburg, T Bas ^a   Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a   Decuypere, Eddy ^b   Komen, Hans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fear response; Feather pecking; Genetics; Laying hen; Manual restraint; Open field; Rhode Island Red; White Leghorn

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; FEATHER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LAYING DATE;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 57449089785     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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