The effects of selection on low mortality and brooding by a mother hen on open-field response, feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-432

  Rodenburg, T B ^a   Uitdehaag, K A ^a,b   Ellen, E D ^a   Komen, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Vencomatic BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Brooding; Cannibalism; Feather pecking; Genetic selection; Laying hens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; TOE; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 70449635513     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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