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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Main Authors: Iyasere Oluwaseun Serah, Oyeniran Victor Juwon, Oyawale Oluwatobiloba, Adeniyi Deborah, Uyanga Victoria Anthonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2018-0016