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Preliminary Evaluation of a Nest Usage Sensor to Detect Double Nest Occupations of Laying Hens

Conventional cage systems will be replaced by housing systems that allow hens to move freely. These systems may improve hens' welfare, but they lead to some disadvantages: disease, bone fractures, cannibalism, piling and lower egg production. New selection criteria for existing commercial strai...

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Autores principales: Zaninelli, Mauro, Costa, Annamaria, Tangorra, Francesco Maria, Rossi, Luciana, Agazzi, Alessandro, Savoini, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25629704
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150202680