Welfare indicators for laying Japanese quails caged at different densities

Abstract In the way to reduce costs in the poultry production, high densities of birds are adopted in the production systems. Such high densities can lead to an inappropriate environment, compromising the welfare and decreasing the animal performance. In this work we aimed to evaluate the effects of...

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Main Authors: DANIELA F. SOARES, CARLA C. PIZZOLANTE, KEILA MARIA R. DUARTE, JOSÉ EVANDRO DE MORAES, FÁBIO E.L. BUDIÑO, WEBER V.B. SOARES, SÉRGIO K. KAKIMOTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000703791&lng=en&tlng=en