The effect of feather eating on feed passage in laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Harlander Matauschek, A ^a   Piepho, H P ^a   Bessei, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulative excretion curve; Feather eating; Feather pecking; Feed passage

Indexed keywords

AVES;

TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; FEATHER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY FIBER; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 33645807146     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.1.21     Document Type: Article

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