Importance of the rearing period for laying hens in alternative systems;Bedeutung der aufzucht der legehennen für alternative haltungsformen

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 86-90

  Staack, Marion ^a   Gruber, B ^b   Keppler, Ch ^a   Zaludik, K ^b   Niebuhr, K ^b   Knierim, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Rearing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAK; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEAK; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947514220     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2377/0341-6593-114-86     Document Type: Article

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