Feather eating and its associations with plumage damage and feathers on the floor in commercial farms of laying hens

Feather eating has been associated with feather pecking, which continues to pose economic and welfare problems in egg production. Knowledge on feather eating is limited and studies of feather eating in commercial flocks of laying hens have not been performed previously. Therefore, the main objective...

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Published in:	Animal
Main Authors:	A.B. Riber, L.K. Hinrichsen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-01-01
Subjects:	feather eating floor feathers laying hen on-farm study plumage damage
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116000057

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