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Finding hens in a haystack: Consistency of movement patterns within and across individual laying hens maintained in large groups

We sought to objectively quantify and compare the recorded movement and location patterns of laying hens within a commercial system. Using a custom tracking system, we monitored the location within five zones of a commercial aviary for 13 hens within a flock of 225 animals for a contiguous period of...

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Autores principales: Rufener, C., Berezowski, J., Maximiano Sousa, F., Abreu, Y., Asher, L., Toscano, M. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6098140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30120253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29962-x