Behavioural and anatomical consequences of two beak trimming methods in 1- and 10-d-old domestic chicks

British Poultry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-463

  Gentle, M J ^a   Hughes, B O ^a   Fox, A ^a,b   Waddington, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAK; CHICKEN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEAK; CHICKENS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031309971     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669708418022     Document Type: Article

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