Restricted visual input reduces struggling in shackled broiler chickens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-117

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Satterlee, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Hoods; Shackles; Struggling; Visual input

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031011454     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01119-7     Document Type: Article

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