Applications of behavior to poultry management

Poult Sci. 1992 Apr;71(4):634-42. doi: 10.3382/ps.0710634.

Abstract

The application of poultry behavior to management is discussed with examples of behavior-management interactions relating to commercial poultry husbandry practices. Behaviors that are important for the adaptation of poultry to husbandry include: social behavior, aggression, sexual behavior, feeding, broodiness, cannibalism, nest site selection, and comfort behaviors.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agonistic Behavior
  • Animal Husbandry*
  • Animals
  • Beak / surgery
  • Behavior, Animal*
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Poultry / physiology*
  • Sexual Behavior, Animal
  • Social Behavior