A non-invasive technique for measuring the electroencephalogram of broiler chickens in a fast way: The 'chicken EEG clamp' (CHEC)

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-47

  Coenen, A ^a   Prinz, Simone ^b   Van Oijen, G ^a   Bessei, W ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broiler; Electroencephalogram; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33847693943     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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