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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Main Author: Idrus, Zulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Verlag Eugen Ulmer 2008
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
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17209/
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