More Than Eggs – Relationship Between Productivity and Learning in Laying Hens

More Than Eggs – Relationship Between Productivity and Learning in Laying Hens

The intense selection of chickens for production traits, such as egg laying, is thought to cause undesirable side effects and changes in behavior. Trade-offs resulting from energy expenditure in productivity may influence other traits: in order to sustain energetic costs for high egg production, ene...

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Main Authors: Anissa Dudde, E. Tobias Krause, Lindsay R. Matthews, Lars Schrader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
domestication
selection
cognition
discrimination learning
poultry
laying hens
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02000/full

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