Effect of sand and wood-shavings bedding on the behavior of broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1816-1824

  Shields, S J ^a,b   Garner, J P ^a,c   Mench, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Behavior; Broiler chicken; Sand; Wood shavings

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; TIME; WOOD;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 33645750055     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.12.1816     Document Type: Article

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