Laying hens learn to avoid feathers

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1720-1724

  Harlander Matauschek, A ^a   Wassermann, F ^a   Zentek, J ^b   Bessei, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feather eating; Feather pecking; Feedback; Laying hen; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 51349095959     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00510     Document Type: Article

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