Behaviour when young as a predictor of severe feather pecking in adult laying hens: The redirected foraging hypothesis revisited

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 262-274

  Newberry, Ruth C ^a   Keeling, Linda J ^b   Estevez, Inma ^b,c   Bilčík, Boris ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cannibalism; Chickens; Feather pecking; Group size; Stereotyped behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; FEATHER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; POULTRY; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34948836841     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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