Poultry feather pecking

Blokhuis H.J. and Arkes J.G. (1984). Some observations on the development of feather pecking in poultry Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 12, 145-157. 

Gunnarsson S., Keeling L.J. and Svedberg J. (1999). Effect of rearing factors on the prevalence of floor eggs, cloacal cannibalism and feather pecking in commercial flocks of loose housed laying hens , British Poultry Science, 40, 12-18. 

Nicol C.J., Potzsch C., Lewis K. and Green L.E. (2003). Matched concurrent case-control study of risk factors for feather pecking in hens on free-range commercial farms in the UK , British Poultry Science, 44, 515-523. 

Huber-Eicher, B. and Audige, A. (1999) Analysis of risk factors for the occurrence of feather pecking in laying hen growers. British Poultry Science 40, 599-604. 

Kjaer, J. and Sorensen, P. (1997) Feather pecking behaviour in White Leghorns, a genetic study. British Poultry Science 38, 335-343. 

Su, G., Kjaer, J.B. and Sorensen, P (2005) Variance components and selection response for feather-pecking behavior in laying hens. Poultry Science 84,14-21. 

Steenfeldt, S., Kjaer, J.B. and Engberg, R.M. (2007) Effect of feeding silages or carrots as supplements to laying hens on production performance, nutrient digestibility, gut structure, gut microflora and feather pecking behaviour. British Poultry Science 48, 454-468. 

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