Relationships between multiple welfare indicators measured in individual chickens across different time periods and environments

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-143

  Nicol, C J ^a   Caplen, G ^a   Edgar, J ^a   Richards, G ^a   Browne, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cluster analysis; Laying hen; Multi level modelling; Stress; Welfare indicator

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79955373972     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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