title: Applications of behavior to poultry management.
abstract: The application of poultry behavior to management is discussed with examples of behavior-management interactions relating to commercial poultry husbandry practices. Behaviors that are important for the adaptation of poultry to husbandry include: social behavior, aggression, sexual behavior, feeding, broodiness, cannibalism, nest site selection, and comfort behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Extension Poultry Science Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mauldin
mesh_terms: D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001502:Beak / Q000601:surgery; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D011200:Poultry / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior