Effect of an early bitter taste experience on subsequent feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^a   Beck, Philipp ^a   Rodenburg, Teunis Bastiaan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feather eating; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Learning; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALKALOID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; LEARNING; POULTRY; TASTE;

AVES;

EID: 77957889975     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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