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Comfort Behavior

Comfort Behavior is a category of maintenance behaviors in poultry ethology characterized by activities that regulate body condition and enhance physical well-being, such as preening, dustbathing, stretching, and postural adjustments, thereby distinguishing it from other behavioral categories like feeding, mating, or agonistic interactions.

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9.8K

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415

Authors

161

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2017–2026

39

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Comfort Behaviors

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Publications

156

Converging Conventions of Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience

Elizabeth Shove · Journal of Consumer Policy · 2003 · 705 citations

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Gender, Sex Role Orientation, and Attitudes toward Animals

Harold A. Herzog, Nancy S. Betchart, Robert B. Pittman · Anthrozoös · 1991 · 403 citations

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Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience; the Social Organisation of Normality

S.W.K. van den Burg · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · 2004 · 316 citations · Full text

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Behavioural indicators of cow comfort: activity and resting behaviour of dairy cows in two types of housing

Derek B. Haley, J. Rushen, A.M. de Passillé · Canadian Journal of Animal Science · 2000 · 291 citations · Full text

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Measuring attachment to companion animals: a dog is not a cat is not a bird

R. Lee Zasloff · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 1996 · 248 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Joyce M.A. Bouwens

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 68 citations

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  2. SH
    Suzanne Hiemstra‐van Mastrigt

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 72 citations

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  3. MQ
    Matías Quintana

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    3 publications · 206 citations

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  4. PV
    P. Vink

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 68 citations

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  5. CM
    Clayton Miller

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    3 publications · 206 citations

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Institutions

161

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    406 citations

  2. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    390 citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    384 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    310 citations

  6. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    183 citations

  7. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    464 citations

  8. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Building and Environment

    11 publications · 987 citations

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  2. Applied Ergonomics

    6 publications · 235 citations

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  3. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    5 publications · 735 citations

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  4. Energy and Buildings

    5 publications · 363 citations

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  5. Work

    4 publications · 65 citations

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