Reducing feather pecking when raising laying hen chicks in aviary systems

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-68

  Huber Eicher, B ^a   Sebo F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aviaries; Chicken anomalous behaviour; Feather pecking; Rearing

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035797109     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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