The Effect of Altering Feed and Water Location and of Activity on Growth, Performance, Behavior, and Walking Ability of Hens from Two Strains of Commercial Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 833-837

  Noble, D O ^a   Krueger, K K ^b   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cuddy Farms Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Female turkeys; Genetic strains; Growth; Performance traits

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TURKEY (BIRD); WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TURKEYS; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030185370     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750833     Document Type: Article

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