The relation between fearfulness in young and stress-response in adult laying hens, on individual and group level

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-439

  De Haas, Elske N ^a   Kops, Marjolein S ^b   Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^c   Ellen, Esther D ^a   Rodenburg, T Bas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticosterone; Fear; Group behavior; Group selection; Laying hens; Social transmission; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CANNIBALISM; CHICK; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; FEAR; FEATHER; FEATHER PECKING; FEMALE; HATCHING; HEN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; WALKING;

EID: 84868256999     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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