Behaviour of laying hens in two types of aviary systems on 25 commercial farms in Sweden

British Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-181

  Oden K ^a   Keeling, L J ^a   Algers, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEAR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEAR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 85047670788     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120121364     Document Type: Article

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