Behaviour of domestic fowl in anticipation of positive and negative stimuli

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Zimmerman, P H ^a   Buijs, S A F ^a,c   Bolhuis, J E ^b   Keeling, L J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Classical conditioning; Comfort behaviour; Domestic fowl; Gallus gallus domesticus; Learning; Positive emotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; LEARNING; POULTRY; SIGNALING; SOUND PROPAGATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79851512735     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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