Results of the Animal Needs Index (ANI-35L) compared to animal-based parameters in free-range and organic laying hen flocks in Austria

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-219

  Zaludik, Katrina ^a   Lugmair, A ^a   Baumung, R ^b   Troxler, J ^a   Niebuhr, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal Needs Index (ANI); Animal welfare; Animal based parameters; Laying hen; On farm welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUSTRIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; HEN; HERD; INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249042348     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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