Physiological and behavioural responses of laying hens to repeated feed deprivation

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Zulkifli, I ^a   Norazlina, I ^a   Htin, Nwe Nwe ^a   Juriah, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feed deprivation; Habituation; Laying hens; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 33644751601     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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