Sequential feeding with variations in energy and protein levels improves gait score in meat-type chickens

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1658-1665

  Leterrier, C ^a   Vallee C ^a,b   Constantin, P ^a   Chagneau, A M ^c   Lessire, M ^c   Lescoat, P ^c   Berri, C ^c   Baeza E ^c   Bizeray, D ^b   Bouvarel, I ^d  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE BEAUVAIS   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chicken; Feed; Leg problems; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 54349124146     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002875     Document Type: Article

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