Feed pecking in Young Chickens: New Techniques of Evaluation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 803-810

  Yo, T ^a   Vilarino M ^b   Faure, J M ^c   Picard, M ^c  

^a IDESSA   (France)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias   (Venezuela)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chicken; Computer; Feed; Feeding behavior; Food intake; Ingestion; Video

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAMERA; CHICKEN; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031001153     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00535-5     Document Type: Article

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