Measuring Motivation for Appetitive Behaviour: Food-Restricted Broiler Breeder Chickens Cross a Water Barrier to Forage in an Area of Wood Shavings without Food

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Laura M. Dixon ,

* E-mail: laura.dixon@sruc.ac.uk

Affiliation Animal and Veterinary Science, SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Sarah Brocklehurst,

Affiliation Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Vicky Sandilands,

Affiliation Animal and Veterinary Science, SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Melissa Bateson,

Affiliation Center for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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Bert J. Tolkamp,

Affiliation Animal and Veterinary Science, SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Rick B. D'Eath

Affiliation Animal and Veterinary Science, SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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