Ranging Behaviour of Commercial Free-Range Broiler Chickens 1: Factors Related to Flock Variability

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Free-range chicken meat consumption has increased. However, little is known about how meat chickens use the outdoor range. Understanding ranging behaviour could help improve management and shed and range design to ensure optimal ranging opportunities. We tracked 1200 individual broil...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Peta S., Hemsworth, Paul H., Groves, Peter J., Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Rault, Jean-Loup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani7070054

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani7070054

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