Personality traits of high, low and non users of a free range area in laying hens

Author(s)
Hernandez, Carlos E
Lee, Caroline
Ferguson, Drewe
Dyall, Tim
Belson, Sue
Lea, Jim
Hinch, Geoffrey
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Free range poultry production is often perceived as a welfare friendly production system since it provides an outdoor range (OR) that allows the birds to express their full range of natural behaviours. However, a significant proportion of birds never use the OR and this could partly be due to individual characteristics of the animals. The aim of this study was to characterize personality traits of laying hens with different levels of OR use.
Citation
Moving on: Proceedings of the 48th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE 2014), p. 89-89
ISBN
9789086867974
9789086862450
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18899
Language
en
Publisher
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Title
Personality traits of high, low and non users of a free range area in laying hens
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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