Optical flow, flock behaviour and chicken welfare

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-223

  Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a   Cain, Russell ^a   Roberts, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Broiler chicken; Collective behaviour; Contact dermatitis; Gait; Gallus gallus; Optical flow; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; FLOW PATTERN; MEAT; MOVEMENT; POULTRY; SKIN DISORDER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84862694432     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.036     Document Type: Article

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