A note on the relative preferences of laying hens for feathers from different body parts

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 186-190

  Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^a   Häusler, Kirsten ^a   Bessei, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body parts; Feather eating; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Preference

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; POULTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

AVES;

EID: 35448996534     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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