Feather pecking in chickens is genetically related to behavioural and developmental traits

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 52-60

  Jensen, P ^a   Keeling, L ^b   Schutz K ^c   Andersson, L ^b,d   Mormede P ^e   Brandstrom H ^d   Forkman, B ^f   Kerje, S ^d   Fredriksson, R ^d   Ohlsson, C ^g   Larsson, S ^h   Mallmin, H ^h   Kindmark, A ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chicken; Feather pecking; Growth; QTL; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FAT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 3; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GROWTH RATE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 24944450709     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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