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Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits, Member Manual

open access: yesEDIS, 1990
Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits: Member's Manual (4H RAM 10) is an animal sciences publication suggested for 4-H members ages 9 and up. The purpose of the 4-H rabbit project is to teach members proper ways to feed, manage and show rabbits.
Norman Young
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Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits: Show Rabbit Record Book

open access: yesEDIS, 2020
When people discuss "Market Rabbits," they often think only of using rabbits for their meat. However, in this Florida 4-H project, youth have the opportunity to study not only meat rabbit production, but also the textile rabbit markets and pet or show ...
Joy C. Jordan   +5 more
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Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits: Pet Rabbit Record Book

open access: yesEDIS, 2020
Pet rabbits are chosen primarily for their temperment, more so than for their looks. They are generally calm animals that can be easily handled and cared for.
Joy C. Jordan   +5 more
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Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits: Show Rabbit Record Book

open access: yesEDIS, 2014
The 4-H Show Rabbit project focuses on all the aspects of showing rabbits according to the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) show guidelines, showmanship skills, and breed Standards of Perfection.
Joy C. Jordan   +5 more
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Use of different elevated structures by commercial fattening turkeys in Switzerland

open access: yesJournal of Applied Poultry Research, 2023
SUMMARY: In Switzerland, mass produced housing systems for farm animals have to be authorized by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) in terms of good animal welfare.
Ariane Stratmann, Nadine Ringgenberg
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The potential of a light spot, heat area, and novel object to attract laying hens and induce piling behaviour

open access: yesAnimal, 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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Examining the catching, carrying, and crating process during depopulation of end-of-lay hens

open access: yesJournal 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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Validation of a Radio frequency identification system for tracking location of laying hens in a quasi-commercial aviary system

open access: yesPeer 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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Solutions to improve the catching, handling, and crating as part of the depopulation process of end of lay hens

open access: yesJournal 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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Similarity in Temporal Movement Patterns in Laying Hens Increases with Time and Social Association

open access: yesAnimals, 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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