Strain and age differences in behaviour, fear response and pecking tendency in laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-344

  Albentosa, M J ^a,c   Kjaer, J B ^b   Nicol, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS;

EID: 0242574757     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660310001598085     Document Type: Article

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