Space needs of broilers

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-632

  Bokkers, E A M ^a   De Boer, I J M ^a   Koene, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Broiler chicken; Modelling; Space occupation; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY POSTURE; BODY SURFACE; BROILER; BUILDING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HERD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STOCKING DENSITY; STRETCHING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80155163226     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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