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Chicken’s best friend? Livestock guardian dog bonding with free-ranging chickens
Growth in the free-range and pastured egg industries has increased globally, necessitating improvements in predator control. Some egg producers are turning to the use of livestock guardian dogs (LGD; Canis familiaris) to protect hens from predation. We worked on a property where pastured layer hens...
Autores principales: | McKellar, R A, Kreplins, T L, Fleming, P A |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9977226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36873610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txad014 |
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