Use of horizontal and angled perches by broiler chickens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-365

  Levan, Nancy Fiscus ^a   Estevez, Inma ^a   Stricklin, W Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Environmental enrichment; Housing; Perching; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033976424     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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