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Effects of Stocking Rate and Environmental Enrichment on the Ontogeny of Pecking Behavior of Laying Hen Pullets Confined in Aviary Compartments during the First 4 Weeks of Life

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The objective of this study was to describe the development of aggressive pecking, gentle feather pecking and severe feather pecking of non-beak-trimmed laying hen pullets during the first 4 weeks of life. The pecking behavior patterns were observed in three different experimental gr...

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Autores principales: Schwarzer, Angela, Erhard, Michael, Schmidt, Paul, Zismann, Miriam, Louton, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9558533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36230380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12192639