Cognitive bias and anticipatory behaviour of laying hens housed in basic and enriched pens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 62-69

  Wichman, Anette ^a   Keeling, Linda J ^b   Forkman, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Cognitive bias; Emotion; Poultry; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POULTRY; PROBE; WELFARE PROVISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84863995944     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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