Responses of domestic chicks to selected pecking devices presented for varying durations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-140

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Carmichael, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken welfare; Environmental enrichment; Pecking; Preferences

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033151805     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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