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Ecological aspects of chicken husbandry - Interaction between environmental condition, behavioural activity of hens and quality of deep litter (1991)

Martin, G.

Abstract

Under low light conditions behaviour activity decreases but feather pecking increases strongly. Feather pecking therefore can be interpreted as a deficiency in light stimuli for the initiation of normal behaviour patterns in a deep litter system.

Published
1991

Animal Type
Bird, Chicken
Topic
Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Husbandry & Management

Citation
Martin, G. 1991. Ecological aspects of chicken husbandry - Interaction between environmental condition, behavioural activity of hens and quality of deep litter. In: Alternatives in Animal Husbandry. Boehnke, E. , Mokenthin, V. (eds), 87-94. University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.

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