The demand of laying hens for feathers and wood shavings

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-110

  Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^a   Baes, Christine ^a   Bessei, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Feather eating; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Maximum price; Progressive ratio; Wood shavings

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONDITIONING; FEATHER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33750615381     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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