Effects of genetic group selection against mortality on behavior and peripheral serotonin in domestic laying hens with trimmed and intact beaks

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 470-475

  Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a   Ellen, Esther D ^a   Van Reenen, Cornelis G ^a   De Groot, Johanna ^a   Napel, Jan Ten ^a   Koopmanschap, Rudie E ^a   De Vries Reilingh, Ger ^a   Uitdehaag, Koen A ^a   Kemp, Bas ^a   Rodenburg, T Bas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HT transporter; Anxiety; Cannibalism; Fear; Feather pecking; Group selection; Laying hens; Platelet; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HEN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEAK; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; REACTION TIME; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEROTONIN;

EID: 67349136031     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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