Effect of density and season on stress and behaviour in broiler breeder hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-174

  Spinu, M ^a,b   Benveneste, S ^a   Degen, A A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; STRESS;

EID: 0242657299     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007166031000088342     Document Type: Article

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