Recording of individual feed intake and feeding behavior of pekin ducks kept in groups

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Bley, T A G ^a   Bessei, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Duck; Feed intake; Radio frequency identification

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 38849128915     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2006-00446     Document Type: Article

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