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Welfare and Performance of Three Turkey Breeds—Comparison between Infrared Beak Treatment and Natural Beak Abrasion by Pecking on a Screed Grinding Wheel

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Beak trimming of turkeys is an animal welfare issue. It can result in acute pain, potential chronic pain, and a change in feeding, drinking, and pecking ability and general behavior. It is still permitted by law in Germany when the intervention is necessary to protect turkeys from fe...

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Autores principales: Grün, Stefanie, Damme, Klaus, Müller, Matthias, Sommer, Marie Franziska, Schmidt, Paul, Erhard, Michael, Bergmann, Shana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34438853
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082395