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Behaviour-environment interactions in hens: implications for housing design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M.C. Appleby
M.C. Appleby*
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I.E.R.M., University of Edinburgh , West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JG
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Intensive housing systems are often criticised for preventing certain behaviour, or for constraining appropriate matching of behaviour and environment. However, the effects of such behavioural restriction on animals will depend on the way in which the behaviour is controlled and the way in which it interacts with the environment. This is particularly important where facilities are being provided for animals. Behaviour-environment interactions were investigated in laying hens.

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Poultry
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 87
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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