Group selection for adaptation to multiple-hen cages: Beak-related mortality, feathering, and body weight responses

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 294-302

  Craig, J V ^a   Muir, W M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body weight; Cages; Cannibalistic mortality; Feathering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INJURY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030099169     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750294     Document Type: Article

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