Group selection for adaptation to multiple-hen cages: Selection program and direct responses

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-458

  Muir, W M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beak trimming; Cannibalism; Group selection; Layer; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030120364     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750447     Document Type: Article

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