Influence of early rearing conditions on the development of feather pecking and cannibalism in domestic fowl

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-41

  Johnsen, Pernille F ^a   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^a   Nørgaard Nielsen, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Chicken agonistic behaviour; Dustbathing; Feather pecking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191386     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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