Nesting behaviour – a comparison of single nest boxes and family nests;Nestverhalten – Ein Vergleich von Einzel- und Familiennestern

European Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Heinrich, Andrea ^a   Icken, Wiebke ^b   Thurner, S ^a   Wendl, G ^a   Bernhardt, H ^c   Preisinger, R ^b  

^a Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry   (Germany)

^b LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laying hen; Nest duration; Nesting behaviour; Number of nest visits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84929578736     PISSN: 16129199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1399/eps.2014.72     Document Type: Article

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