What causes crowding? Effects of space, facilities and group size on behaviour, with particular reference to furnished cages for hens

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-320

  Appleby, M C ^a  

^a Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Cages; Crowding; Freedom of movement; Space

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; HEN; MOBILIZATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4043130182     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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