Increasing farm animal welfare by positively motivated instrumental behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Manteuffel, Gerhard ^a   Langbein, Jan ^a   Puppe, Birger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cognitive enrichment; Control; Instrumental learning; Motivation; Predictability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LEARNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 64149112757     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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