The development of feather pecking behaviour and targeting of pecking in chicks from a high and low feather pecking line of laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-196

  Van Hierden, Yvonne M ^a,b   Korte, S Mechiel ^a   Ruesink, E Wim ^a   Van Reenen, Cornelis G ^a   Engel, Bas ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^b   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicks; Development; Domestic fowl; Feather pecking; Feeding; Motivational systems; Preening

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037030443     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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