The relative preferences for wood shavings or feathers in high and low feather pecking birds

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 78-87

  Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^a   Benda, Isabel ^a   Lavetti, Corina ^a   Djukic, Mirjana ^a   Bessei, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feather eating; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Preference; Wood shavings

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEATHER; FEEDING; LITTER; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; WOOD;

AVES;

EID: 34548402640     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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