Pecking behaviour of laying hens in single-tiered aviaries with and without outdoor area

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-401

  Shimmura, T ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Hirahara, S ^b   Eguchi, Y ^a   Uetake, K ^a   Tanaka, T ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Prefectural Livestock Industry Technical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOUSING, ANIMAL;

TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 49649112161     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802262043     Document Type: Article

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