Genetic and phenotypic correlations between feather pecking behavior, stress response, immune response, and egg quality traits in laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1077-1082

  Buitenhuis, A J ^a,c   Rodenburg, T B ^a   Wissink, P H ^a   Visscher, J ^b   Koene, P ^a   Bovenhuis, H ^a   Ducro, B J ^a   Van Der Poel, J J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hendrix Poultry Breeders BV   (Netherlands)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chicken; Egg quality trait; Feather pecking; Genetic correlation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BUTYRICUM;

EID: 4444222736     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.7.1077     Document Type: Article

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