Feather pecking in growers: A study with individually marked birds

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-185

  Wechsler, B ^a   Huber Eicher, B ^b   Nash, D R ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEATHER; FEMALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032061276     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669889097     Document Type: Article

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