Article
Chicken genomics: feather-pecking and victim pigmentation.
Nature - 7 Oct 2004
Keeling Linda, Andersson Leif, Schütz Karin E, Kerje Susanne, Fredriksson Robert, Carlborg Orjan, Cornwallis Charles K, Pizzari Tommaso, Jensen Per
Abstract excerpt
Feather-pecking in domestic birds is associated with cannibalism and severe welfare problems. It is a dramatic example of a spiteful behaviour in which the victim's fitness is reduced for no immediate direct benefit to the perpetrator and its evolution is unexplained. Here we show that the plumag...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
