Food, wood, or plastic as substrates for dustbathing and foraging in laying hens: A preference test

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1584-1589

  Scholz, B ^a   Urselmans, S ^a   Kjaer, J B ^a   Schrader, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral preference; Dustbathing; Food particle; Foraging; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957985684     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00598     Document Type: Article

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