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Effect of Providing Environmental Enrichment into Aviary House on the Welfare of Laying Hens

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
This study aimed to determine the effects of providing environmental enrichment materials—pumice stone and alfalfa hay—to laying hens in the aviary system.
Jiseon Son   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Flock Factors Correlated with Elevated Mortality in Non-Beak Trimmed Aviary-Housed Layers

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
The use of non-cage housing systems for layers is increasing in Europe and elsewhere. Knowledge of factors that may affect mortality in these systems is important to be able to improve animal welfare, reduce mortality and enhance sustainability.
Käthe Elise Kittelsen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Intra-individual variation of hen movements is associated with later keel bone fractures in a quasi-commercial aviary [PDF]

open access: goldScientific Reports, 2023
Measuring intra- and inter-individual variation in movement can bring important insights into the fundamental ecology of animals and their welfare. Although previous studies identified consistent differences in movements of laying hens within commercial ...
Camille M. Montalcini   +3 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Frequent Visits to an Outdoor Range and Lower Areas of an Aviary System Is Related to Curiosity in Commercial Free-Range Laying Hens

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Individual hen preferences to spend time at particular locations within a free-range aviary system and relationships with temperament is relatively unknown.
Manisha Kolakshyapati   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The effects of 2 genetic lines on spatial distribution and use and preference of perch and nest area in an aviary system

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2020
The objective of this trial was to evaluate spatial distribution, nest and perch usage, and preference of Lohmann Brown (BH) and Bovan White (WH) Leghorn hens raised in an aviary system.
S. Purdum, P. Eusebio, K. Hanford
doaj   +2 more sources

Investigation of systemic isosporosis outbreaks in an aviary of greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) and goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) and a possible link with local wild sparrows (Passer domesticus)

open access: greenAustralian Veterinary Journal, 2020
CASE REPORT An outbreak of systemic isosporosis caused mortalities in greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) kept in an aviary in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
MC Gosbell   +3 more
openalex   +3 more sources

End of lay postmortem findings in aviary housed laying hens

open access: goldPoultry Science, 2022
Páll Gretarsson   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Multi-view Tracking, Re-ID, and Social Network Analysis of a Flock of Visually Similar Birds in an Outdoor Aviary [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computer Vision, 2022
The ability to capture detailed interactions among individuals in a social group is foundational to our study of animal behavior and neuroscience. Recent advances in deep learning and computer vision are driving rapid progress in methods that can record ...
Shiting Xiao   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating Data Quality and Changes in Species Identification in a Citizen Science Bird Monitoring Project

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2023
Citizen science has potential to provide multiple benefits to participants and the professional scientific community, and those benefits can be realized if citizen science projects are intentionally designed to achieve research objectives, and if ...
Cooper M. Farr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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