Ability of laying hens to negotiate horizontal perches at different heights, separated by different angles

British Poultry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Scott, G B ^a   Lambe, N R ^a   Hitchcock, D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031087115     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669708417939     Document Type: Article

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