Using artificial cover to reduce aggression and disturbances in domestic fowl

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-336

  Cornetto, T ^a   Estevez, I ^a   Douglass, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chicken agonistic behavior; Chicken housing; Disturbances

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037016920     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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