Social facilitation between commercial broilers and Nigerian indigenous chicks and its effect on their welfare
This study was undertaken to investigate how social facilitation between two chicken breeds could affect their welfare. Sixty chicks each of a commercial broiler (CB) and Nigerian indigenous chicken (NIC) breed were used for this study. At four days of age, the birds were randomly assigned into thre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2018-12-01
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Series: | Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2018-0016 |