A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of vent pecking in laying hens in alternative systems and its associations with feather pecking, management and disease

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 259-272

  Potzsch C J ^a   Lewis, K ^b   Nicol, C J ^b   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Langford House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feather pecking; Laying hen; Risk; Vent pecking; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; POULTRY;

EID: 0035818702     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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