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Effects of drop height, conveyor belt speed, and acceleration on the welfare of broiler chickens in early and later life

During automated processing in commercial hatcheries, day-old chicks are subjected to a range of possible mental and physical stressors. Three determinants of the processing line seem to have the potential to affect the birds in particular: drop height from one conveyor belt to another, conveyor bel...

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Autores principales: Giersberg, Mona F., Molenaar, Roos, Pieters, Remco, Boyer, William, Rodenburg, T. Bas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33248544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.066