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Influences of Maternal Care on Chicken Welfare

SIMPLE SUMMARY: For a domestic chick, the mother hen is an important role model; chicks learn a great deal from their mother about what to peck, when to rest and how to behave when there is a threat. However, in large farms, natural brooding is not commercially viable and so chicks are hatched in la...

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Autores principales: Edgar, Joanne, Held, Suzanne, Jones, Charlotte, Troisi, Camille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26742081
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani6010002