The behaviour of broiler chickens and its modification by lameness

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 111-125

  Weeks, C A ^a   Danbury, T D ^a   Davies, H C ^a   Hunt, P ^a   Kestin, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken welfare; Lameness; Leg weakness; Time budgets; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034701207     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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