Figure 6.
Housing affects startle. Enriched hens’ startle responses were greatly reduced compared to Control hens. Bar graphs show Least Square Means (LSMs) ± SEs of startle reflex amplitudes in millinewtons for hens housed long-term in Control and Enriched housing (pre-switch: a) and following the housing reversal (post-switch: b). (LSM values partial out the effects of hen mass, cohort, period, personality in b, plus interactions). The legend denotes hens’ current housing during the time of testing. The pre-switch data are split by personality to show the interaction with housing treatment. ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, *P < 0.10.