Providing laying hens in group-housed enriched cages with access to barley silage reduces aggressive and feather-pecking behaviour
Open Access
- 1 June 2016
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 96 (2), 161-171
- https://doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2015-0133
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