Relationship between welfare and individual ranging behaviour in commercial free-range laying hens
Laying hens housed in free-range systems have access to an outdoor range, and individual hens within a flock differ in their ranging behaviour. Whether there is a link between ranging and laying hen welfare remains unclear. We analysed the relationships between ranging by individual hens on a commer...
Main Authors: | H. Larsen, P.H. Hemsworth, G.M. Cronin, S.G. Gebhardt-Henrich, C.L. Smith, J.-L. Rault |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731118000022 |
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