Fear and stress reactions, and the performance of commercial broiler chickens subjected to regular pleasant and unpleasant contacts with human being

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-87

  Zulkifli, I ^a   Siti Nor Azah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Fear; Performance; Physical contact; Stress; Visual contact

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRESS; WEIGHT;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3242705053     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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