Range and confinement rearing of four genetic lines of turkeys. 2. Effects on behavior and tonic immobility

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-171

  Noble, D O ^a   Anderson, J W ^a   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Genetic lines; Interaction; Selection; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYPOKINESIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD); WALKING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPOKINESIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURKEYS; WALKING;

EID: 0030073250     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750165     Document Type: Article

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