Association between vent pecking and fluctuating asymmetry, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, and tonic immobility duration in chickens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Campo, José Luis ^a   Prieto, María Teresa ^a   Dávila, Sara García ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chickens; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio; Tonic immobility; Vent pecking

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 46849120239     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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