The influence of contact with humans on physiological and behavioural responses in commercial broiler chickens and red jungle fowl when reared separately or intermingled
This study investigated the effects of regular physical and visual contacts with human beings on bird-to-bird pecking behaviour, tonic immobility (TI) duration, corticosterone, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio (HLR) and growth in commercial broilers (CB) and jungle fowl (JF) raised from hatching as se...
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Verlag Eugen Ulmer
2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17209/1/The%20influence%20of%20contact%20with%20humans%20on%20physiological%20and%20behavioural%20responses%20in%20commercial%20broiler%20chickens%20and%20red%20jungle%20fowl%20when%20reared%20separately%20or%20intermingled.pdf |