Genetic selection for poultry behaviour: Big bad wolf or friend in need?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-359

  Jones, R B ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Corticosterone; Fear; Feather pecking; Genetic selection; Social stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000021612     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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