Does the anticipatory behaviour of chickens communicate reward quality?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anticipatory behaviour, chickens, conditioning, dustbath, rewards
2016
Effects of social rank and familiarity on dustbathing in domestic fowl
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dominance, dustbath, familiarity, laying hen, social rank
2010
What’s in a peck? Using fixed action pattern morphology to identify the motivational basis of abnormal feather-pecking behaviour
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: chicken, dustbathing, feather pecking, fixed action patterns, foraging, gallus gallus, motivation, welfare
2008
Why do hens sham dustbathe when they have litter
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, dustbathing, motivation, poultry, stimulus
2002
The Significance of Fowls’ Bathing in Dust
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dustbath, feather, fowl, lipid, litter influences
1992