Dustbathing and pecking behaviour in chicks from a high and a low feather pecking line of laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Johnsen, Pernille F ^a   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Chicken; Dustbathing; Feather pecking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030248773     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01049-0     Document Type: Article

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