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Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2012 SUMMARY Commercial laying hens in North America are typically beak trimmed to prevent injury and mortality caused by feather pecking and cannibalism. Beak trimming is most commonly performed on day-old chicks at the hatchery, either by hot blade (HB) or infrared (INF) techniques.
C. Carruthers +5 more
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Using naturally-occurring variation in beak morphology to reduce feather pecking damage in laying hens [PDF]
, 2023 Outbreaks of severe feather pecking continue to be a serious welfare and economic concern for the poultry industry, particularly within the egg sector.
Struthers, Sarah
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Differential effects of early- and late-life access to carotenoids on adult immune function and ornamentation in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Environmental conditions early in life can affect an organism's phenotype at adulthood, which may be tuned to perform optimally in conditions that mimic those experienced during development (Environmental Matching hypothesis), or may be generally ...
Michael W Butler, Kevin J McGraw
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Effects of different infrared beak treatment protocols on chicken welfare and physiology
Poultry Science, 2012 Infrared beak trimming provides an alternative to conventional trimming, purporting to provide a welfare-friendly means of trimming. The infrared system can be adjusted to use multiple plate and power settings. In the present study, we used 2 different plate sizes (27/23C, less severe; 25/23C, more severe) with each of 3 power settings: high (52 ...
R L, Dennis, H W, Cheng
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The effect is soil quality on field scale run off under concentional and conservation tillage systems [PDF]
, 1994 The National Soil Conservation Program (NSCP) is a research program managed and funded by Agriculture Canada. The program focuses on the improvement of agricultural soil and water quality through education and implementation of farm conservation ...
Beak Consultants Limited
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Poultry Science, 2020 Stress and leg weakness are detrimental to broiler production, health, and welfare. Traditional methods to evaluate stress may be stressful to the bird because they are invasive and require handling and restraint.
Shawna L. Weimer +5 more
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, 2022 Injurious Pecking, commonly controlled by beak trimming (BT) is a widespread issue in laying hens associated with thwarted foraging. This controlled study compared the effect in intact and beak-trimmed pullets of providing pecking pans to 8 treatment ...
Weeks, Claire +2 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (HSS) is a rare congenital syndrome with different anomalies including midface hypoplasia, beak nose and micrognathia. The upper airways narrowness can lead to severe respiratory complications such as obstructive sleep apnoea ...
S Guerin +4 more
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Toxic interaction of glyphosate herbicide and tau-fluvalinate insecticide on pheasant embryos [PDF]
Journal of Central European AgricultureIn this study, we investigated the individual and combined toxic effects of a glyphosate-containing herbicide (Amega Up) and a tau-fluvalinate-containing insecticide (Mavrik 24 EW) on pheasant embryos, after immersion treatment of eggs.
Péter Budai +5 more
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Penetrating Injury Into The Orbit By A Needle Fish: An Unusual Case of Ocular Trauma
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Ocular trauma is the most common cause of monocular blindness worldwide. Some cases of ocular trauma can be challenging to diagnose and manage due to their unique presentation as in this case where a 12 years old boy presented to our hospital with ...
Rajender Singh Chauhan +3 more
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