A brief report on aggressive interactions within and between groups of domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-80

  Buchwalder, T ^a,b   Huber Eicher, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Familiarity; Injurious pecking; Recognition; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0142126395     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00149-7     Document Type: Article

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