Internal Inclusions in Brown Eggs: Relationships with Fearfulness and Stress

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1743-1747

  Campo, J L ^a   Garcia Gil M ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fear; Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio; Internal inclusions; Stress; Tonic immobility reaction

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG; FEAR; FEMALE; PIGMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEAR; FEMALE; PIGMENTATION; POULTRY DISEASES; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS;

EID: 0032247630     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.12.1743     Document Type: Article

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