Feeding behaviour in turkeys with a change-over from crumbs to pellets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 132-142

  Lecuelle, Stéphanie ^a,b   Bouvarel, Isabelle ^a   Chagneau, Anne Marie ^b   Lescoat, Philippe ^b   Laviron, Florence ^b   Leterrier, Christine ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Colour; Feeding behaviour; Feeding transition; Films; Hardness; Intake

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIRD; COLOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HARDNESS; INGESTION RATE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 78650617532     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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