The role of uropygial gland on sexual behavior in domestic chicken Gallus gallus domesticus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Hirao, Atsushi ^a   Aoyama, Masato ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domestic chickens; Mate choice; Olfactory bulbectomy; Uropygial glandectomy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; POULTRY; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OLFACTORY BULB; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 58249098401     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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