Dustbathing and feather pecking in domestic chickens reared with and without access to sand

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Norgaard Nielsen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Domestic chicken; Dustbathing; Feather pecking; Motivation; Rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030914884     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01142-2     Document Type: Article

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