Resting or hiding? Why broiler chickens stay near walls and how density affects this

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Buijs, Stephanie ^a,b   Keeling, Linda Jane ^b   Vangestel, Carl ^c   Baert, Jeroen ^a   Vangeyte, Jürgen ^a   Tuyttens, Frank André Maurice ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Broiler chicken; Crowding; Spatial distribution; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTURE; POULTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77950520074     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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