Preening cups increase apparent wet preening behaviors, but have no impact on other behaviors, body condition, growth, or body morphometrics of grow-out Pekin ducks

ABSTRACT: Preening cups may be a form of open water that would allow ducks to express preening behaviors. We set out to test the hypothesis that preening cups would not have detrimental effects on ducks or their environment. Control pens (N = 6, 65 ducks/pen) had nipple lines while experimental pens...

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Published in:	Poultry Science
Main Authors:	J.M. Schober, J. Merritt, M. Swanson, V. Tetel, E. Oluwagbenga, D. Frey, H. Parnin, M. Erasmus, G.S. Fraley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-12-01
Subjects:	open-water environmental enrichment feather pecking duck welfare
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123006648