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The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Husbandry practices for rearing ostriches in commercial farming environments are currently not optimized. Ostrich chicks may experience stressful episodes and fear of humans during routine farm management practices such as handling, which ultimately may impact on their welfare and ex...

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Autores principales: Muvhali, Pfunzo T., Bonato, Maud, Engelbrecht, Anel, Malecki, Irek A., Hough, Denise, Robinson, Jane E., Evans, Neil P., Cloete, Schalk W. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30301126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani8100175