Stress and feather pecking in laying hens in relation to housing conditions

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-28

  El Lethey, H ^a   Aerni, V ^a   Jungi, T W ^a   Wechsler, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SERUM ALBUMIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; EGGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; OVIPOSITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; STRESS; TETANUS TOXOID; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034152787     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660086358     Document Type: Article

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