Studies of feather pecking in poultry

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-9

  Blokhuis, H J ^a   Wiepkema, P R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAK; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; FEATHER; FEMALE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEAK; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; FEMALE;

EID: 0031608123     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1998.9694825     Document Type: Article

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