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Animal, 2022 Piling behaviour of laying hens often results in smothering or death due to suffocation. Mechanisms leading to piling are not yet understood though various potential factors have been suggested.
J. Winter, M.J. Toscano, A. Stratmann
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The housing of laboratory animals [PDF]
Journal of Hygiene, 1949 A survey of both the prevailing and the desirable conditions for housing small laboratory animals, with particular reference to rats and mice, is described. The data surveyed are confined to laboratories in Great Britain and include requirements of space, heating, ventilation and building construction, with such accessories as cages, feeding devices ...
J I M, JONES, E C, WOOD
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Similarity in Temporal Movement Patterns in Laying Hens Increases with Time and Social Association
Animals, 2022 We explored the relationship between social associations and individual activity patterns in domestic hens. Out of 1420 laying hens, 421 hens were equipped with RFID tags attached to RFID-specific leg bands (leg bands from Company Roxan, Selkirk ...
Yamenah Gómez +7 more
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Examining the catching, carrying, and crating process during depopulation of end-of-lay hens
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2021 Summary: Laying hen flocks undergo depopulation at end of lay, a difficult process that has been associated with injuries and is considered stressful to hens and human collectors. To date, most assessments of depopulations have been conducted within cage
C. Gerpe +3 more
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Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2023 SUMMARY: The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of 2 interventions (i.e., 2 treatments across 2 independent experiments, each with its own control) that were thought to reduce fractures and stress-related responses (e.g., changes in cloacal ...
C. Gerpe, M.J. Toscano
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Perch Positioning Affects both Laying Hen Locomotion and Forces Experienced at the Keel
Animals, 2020 The aim of this study was to assess the effect of perch positioning on laying hens’ locomotion and the resulting energy experienced at the keel. Twenty Nick Chick and 20 Brown Nick hens were trained to transition from a platform to a perch in several ...
Christina Rufener +3 more
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Peer Community Journal, 2023 Cage-free housing is increasingly chosen in Europe, North America, and Australia as an animal-welfare friendly farm system for laying hens. However, hens are kept in large numbers in those systems which makes checking for health and welfare difficult and
Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G. +3 more
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Sensors, 2022 Tracking technologies offer a way to monitor movement of many individuals over long time periods with minimal disturbances and could become a helpful tool for a variety of uses in animal agriculture, including health monitoring or selection of breeding ...
Camille Marie Montalcini +4 more
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Animals, 2021 The major responsibility of researchers and laboratory animal facilities is to ensure animal well-being during the time of acclimatization, experiments, and recovery. In this context, animal housing conditions are of utmost importance.
Dana Matzek +3 more
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Towards the computerized animal house: the Newcastle University Animal House Management System [PDF]
Laboratory Animals, 1986 A suite of computer programs (available from the Laboratory Animal Science Association) has been written to carry out much of the routine administration of a central animal house facility. Principal functions include stock control and accounting. The programs are fully portable and can be implemented on almost any microcomputer.
Wootton, R, Flecknell, PA
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