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Effects of stress during commercial hatching on growth, egg production and feather pecking in laying hens

Every year, billions of egg layer chicks around the world are hatched under highly stressful, industrial circumstances. Here, it is investigated how the stressful procedure in the commercial hatchery, including incubation, hatching, processing, and transport affects the chicks with regards to traits...

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Autores principales: Hedlund, Louise, Jensen, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8726488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34982788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262307