creators_name: Zeltner, Esther
creators_name: Hirt, Helen
type: journalp
datestamp: 2008-10-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:41:28
metadata_visibility: show
title: A note on fear reaction of three different genetic strains of laying hens to a simulated hawk attack in the hen run of a free-range system
ispublished: pub
subjects: 9poultry
subjects: 5animalbreed
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Biogeflügelhaltung, Schreckreaktion, Legehennenhaltung: Schreckreaktion von verschiedenen Hybriden, Laying hens, Fear reaction, Free-range, Genetic strains
abstract: Hens well adapted to free-range systems should react quickly to avoid an attack by a predator but should also be able to return to the hen run soon after to ensure good use of the outside area.
date: 2008
date_type: published
publication: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
volume: Issues 1-3
number: 113
publisher: Elsevier B.V.
pagerange: 69-73
refereed: yes
citation: Zeltner, Esther and Hirt, Helen (2008) A note on fear reaction of three different genetic strains of laying hens to a simulated hawk attack in the hen run of a free-range system. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Issues 1-3 (113), pp. 69-73.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/14778/1/zeltner-hirt-2008-APPLAN2898.pdf