Environmental enrichment for ostrich, Struthio camelus, chicks

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Christensen, Janne Winther ^a   Nielsen, B L ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Exploration; Ostrich; Pecking behaviour; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEATHER; FOOD INTAKE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; RUMEX; SAND;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAMELUS; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 2342459075     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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