Broiler Chicken Behavior and Activity Are Affected by Novel Flooring Treatments
The objective was to determine broiler chicken behavioral differences in response to novel flooring treatments. Broilers (<i>n</i> = 182) were housed in 14 pens (a random subset from a larger-scale study including 42 pens), with 13 birds/pen. One of seven flooring treatments were randoml...
Main Authors: | Leonie Jacobs, Shawnna Melick, Nathan Freeman, An Garmyn, Frank A. M. Tuyttens |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/10/2841 |
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