Light exposure during incubation and social and vigilance behaviour of domestic chicks

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-394

  Wichman, Anette ^a   Freire, Rafael ^b   Rogers, Lesley J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestic chick; Gallus gallus domesticus; Laterality; Sensitive period; Social behaviour; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHICK; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DOMESTIC FOWL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIGHT; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; CHICKENS; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIGHT; OVUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 69849099147     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802440616     Document Type: Article

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