Pop hole passages and welfare in furnished cages for laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-27

  Wall, H ^a   Tauson, R ^a   Elwinger, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS; PERCIDAE;

EID: 1642365753     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660410001668815     Document Type: Article

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