Measures of developmental instability as integrated, a posteriori indicators of farm animal welfare: A review

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-540

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Developmental instability; Developmental stability; Farm animal; Fluctuating asymmetry; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MONITORING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242440049     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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