Outdoor use, tonic immobility, heterophil/lymphocyte ratio and feather condition in free-range laying hens of different genotype

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 738-744

  Mahboub, H D H ^a,b   Muller J ^a   Von Borell, E ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; LEUKOCYTE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; LEUKOCYTES; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 12244250352     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660400014267     Document Type: Article

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