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

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 environmen...

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Autores principales: Kliphuis, Saskia, Manet, Maëva W.E., Goerlich, Vivian C., Nordquist, Rebecca E., Vernooij, Hans, Brand, Henry van den, Tuyttens, Frank A.M., Rodenburg, T. Bas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10404761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37343352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102801