Effects of the addition of sand and string to pens on use of space, activity, tarsal angulations and bone composition in broiler chickens

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Arnould, C ^a   Bizeray, D ^a   Faure, J M ^a   Letterrier, C ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Activity; Animal welfare; Broiler chickens; Environmental enrichment; Leg problems; Use of space

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; REARING; SAMPLING; SAND; STANDING; TARSAL BONE; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1042303594     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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