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Feather Pecking and Cannibalism in Non-Beak-Trimmed Laying Hen Flocks—Farmers’ Perspectives

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pecking-related problems are common in intensive egg production, diminishing hen welfare and production performance, and negatively affecting sustainability. Beak trimming is a common practice to control these problems, but in Finland beak trimming is prohibited. Finnish egg producer...

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Autores principales: Kaukonen, Eija, Valros, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30704113
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9020043