Early-life interventions to prevent feather pecking and reduce fearfulness in laying hens

ABSTRACT: Severe feather pecking, the pulling out of feathers of conspecifics, is a major welfare issue in laying hens. Possible underlying causes are fearfulness and lack of foraging opportunities. Because early life is a crucial stage in behavioral development, adapting the incubation and rearing...

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Principais autores:	Saskia Kliphuis, Maëva W.E. Manet, Vivian C. Goerlich, Rebecca E. Nordquist, Hans Vernooij, Henry van den Brand, Frank A.M. Tuyttens, T. Bas Rodenburg
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:	Poultry Science
Assuntos:	pullet chicken prenatal maladaptive behavior stress
Acceso en liña:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123003206
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