Relationships between range access as monitored by radio frequency identification technology, fearfulness, and plumage damage in free-range laying hens
Severe feather-pecking (SFP), a particularly injurious behaviour in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus), is thought to be negatively correlated with range use in free-range systems. In turn, range use is thought to be inversely associated with fearfulness, where fearful birds may be less likely t...
Main Authors: | K.M. Hartcher, K.A. Hickey, P.H. Hemsworth, G.M. Cronin, S.J. Wilkinson, M. Singh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115002463 |
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