Behaviour and welfare of individual laying hens in a non-cage system.

Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 22 - 29
Published: Mar 1, 2003
Abstract
1. A leg band containing a transponder was fitted to 80 birds in a perchery containing 1000 birds. 2. The transponder emitted a unique identification number when a bird walked on one of 8 flat antennae on the floor. The recording apparatus was used to measure the amount of time that each of the tagged birds spent on the slatted and littered areas in a 6-week period. 3. Some birds spent long periods of time on the slats, possibly as a means of...
Paper Details
Title
Behaviour and welfare of individual laying hens in a non-cage system.
Published Date
Mar 1, 2003
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
22 - 29
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