A note on the behaviour of the chicken that receives feather pecks

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 337-341

  Riber, Anja B ^a   Forkman, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicken; Dustbathing; Feather pecking; Individual; Recipient

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEATHER; LOCOMOTION; POULTRY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 36049020030     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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