The Effect of a Single or Repeated Period of High Stocking Density on the Behavior and Response to Stimuli in Broiler Chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1655-1660

  Andrews, S M ^a,b   Omed, H M ^a   Phillips, C J C ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Broiler; Open field test; Stocking density; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ARENA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SLEEP; TIME; WALKING;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0031303559     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.12.1655     Document Type: Article

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