Preening cups increase apparent wet preening behaviors, but have no impact on other behaviors, body condition, growth, or body morphometrics of grow-out Pekin ducks

Preening cups may be a form of open water that would allow ducks to express preening behaviors. We set out to test the hypothesis that preening cups would not have detrimental effects on ducks or their environment. Control pens (N = 6, 65 ducks/pen) had nipple lines while experimental pens (N = 6, 6...

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Autores principales: Schober, J.M., Merritt, J., Swanson, M., Tetel, V., Oluwagbenga, E., Frey, D., Parnin, H., Erasmus, M., Fraley, G.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
ANIMAL WELL-BEING AND BEHAVIOR
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37844528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103145

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37844528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103145

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