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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...
Autores principales: | Grün, Stefanie, Damme, Klaus, Müller, Matthias, Sommer, Marie Franziska, Schmidt, Paul, Erhard, Michael, Bergmann, Shana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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