Fear and stress reactions, and the performance of commercial broiler chickens subjected to regular pleasant and unpleasant contacts with human being

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of regular pleasant and unpleasant contacts with human beings on tonic immobility (TI) response, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio (HLR), body weight, feed conversion ratios (FCR) and mortality in commercial broiler chickens. The following treatments...

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Main Authors: Idrus, Zulkifli, A., Siti Nor Azah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40391/1/Fear%20and%20stress%20reactions%2C%20and%20the%20performance%20of%20commercial%20broiler%20chickens%20subjected%20to%20regular%20pleasant%20and%20unpleasant%20contacts%20with%20human%20being.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40391/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159104000589
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English