Welfare Quality® parameters do not always reflect hen behaviour across the lay cycle in non-cage laying hens

Animal Welfare

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-434

  Daigle, C ^a   Siegford, J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Group welfare; Laying hen; Outcome based measures; Welfare Quality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EGG LAYING; GROOMING; HEN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84919971599     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.23.4.423     Document Type: Article

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