The european experience in poultry welfare-a decade ahead

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-831

  Beaumont, C ^a,b   Lebihan Duval, E ^a,b   Mignon Grasteau, S ^a,b   Leterrier, C ^a,b  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Europe; Genetic selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953076519     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00359     Document Type: Article

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