Feather pecking in poultry: The application of science in a search for practical solutions

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Blokhuis, H J ^b   de Jong, I C ^b   Keeling, L J ^c   McAdie, T M ^c,e   Preisinger, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioural traits; Domestic fowl; Environmental enrichment; Feather pecking; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEAK; CAGE; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EUROPE; FEATHER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROOMING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1542685280     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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