Research note: Gentle versus severe feather pecking: effects of synbiotic feed supplementation under chronic stress in laying hens

Feather pecking in laying hens is a complex behavior influenced by stress and the gut microbiota, with severe feather pecking (SFP) posing a major welfare concern and gentle feather pecking (GFP) representing a non-injurious, socially mediated behavior. This study investigated the effects of a comme...

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Auteurs principaux:	Nienke van Staaveren, Emily M. Leishman, Gillian Hughes, Anna Lea Nicklas, Paul Forsythe, Alexandra Harlander
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	Elsevier 2026-08-01
Collection:	Poultry Science
Sujets:	Probiotics Prebiotics Fructooligosaccharides Social buffering Stress resilience
Accès en ligne:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912600684X
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