A note on behaviour of poultry exposed to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Gerritzen, Marien ^a   Lambooij, Bert ^a   Reimert, Henny ^a   Stegeman, Arjan ^b   Spruijt, Berry ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broilers; Carbon dioxide; Disease control; Ducks; Killing; Laying hens; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE CONTROL; POULTRY;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 35548958728     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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