Behaviour of captive Ostrich chicks from 10 days to 5 months of age

The behaviour of ostrich chicks bred in captivity was studied by using groups with 30 birds in five age groups: from 10 to 40 days of age; from 41 to 60 days of age; from 61 to 90 days of age; from 91 to 120 days of age and from 121 to 150 days of age. Six birds at each age were ringed around one of...

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Main Authors: Marina Freire Amado, Diego Batista Xavier, Vanner Boere, Carla Torres-Pereira, Concepta McManus, Francisco Ernesto Moreno Bernal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000700029