Behaviour and welfare of broiler breeders fed qualitatively restricted diets during rearing: Are there viable alternatives to quantitative restriction?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-67

  Sandilands, V ^a   Tolkamp, B J ^a   Savory, C J ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Broiler breeder; Food restriction; Stress

Indexed keywords

POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 31044442834     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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