Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting feather pecking behavior and stress response in laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1215-1222

  Buitenhuis, A J ^a   Rodenburg, T B ^a   Van Hierden, Y M ^a   Siwek, M ^a   Cornelissen, S J B ^a   Nieuwland, M G B ^a   Crooijmans, R P M A ^a   Groenen, M A M ^a   Koene, P ^a   Korte, S M ^a   Bovenhuis, H ^a   Van Der Poel, J J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chicken; Feather pecking; Quantitative trait locus; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; EGG LAYING; EXERCISE; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0642310498     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.8.1215     Document Type: Article

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