Laying hen behavior 2. Cage type preference and heterophil to lymphocyte ratios

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-482

  Elston, J J ^a,b   Beck, M ^b   Alodan, M A ^b   Vega Murillo, V ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cage types; Laying hen; Preference testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0034169251     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.4.477     Document Type: Article

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