Pecking at other birds and at string enrichment devices by adult laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-343

  Jones, R B ^a   McAdie, T M ^b   McCorquodale, C ^a   Keeling, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEATHER; FEMALE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036654777     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120103602     Document Type: Article

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