Preferences of growing ducklings and turkey poults for illuminance

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-224

  Barber, C L ^a,b   Prescott, N B ^a   Wathes, C M ^a   Le Sueur, C ^c   Perry, G C ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Farm Animal Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Ducklings; Environmental preference; Lighting; Turkey poults

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; ILLUMINATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 2342502566     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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