Comparative effects of furnished and battery cages on egg production and physiological parameters in White Leghorn hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2042-2051

  Pohle, K ^a   Cheng, H W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery cage; Chicken; Egg production; Furnished cage; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVIPOSITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70349743740     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00171     Document Type: Article

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