Influence of mating ratio and group size on indicators of fearfulness and stress of hens and cocks

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1099-1103

  Campo, J L ^a   Davila S G ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chicken; Fear; Group size; Mating ratio; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEAR; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEAR; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

EID: 0036673863     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.8.1099     Document Type: Article

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