Analysis of the nesting behaviour from laying hens in a floor system

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-109

  Icken, Wiebke ^a   Thurner, S ^b   Cavero, D ^a   Schmutz, M ^a   Wendl, G ^b   Preisinger, R ^a  

^a LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^b Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft LfL Institut für Landtechnik und Tierhaltung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative systems; Duration of stay in a nest box; Nest occupation; Nesting behaviour; Oviposition time

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949121391     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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