The impact of beak tissue sloughing and beak shape variation on the behavior and welfare of infrared beak-treated layer pullets and hens

This research examined how infrared beak treatment (IRBT), sloughing of the treated beak tissue, and the variations in beak shape that can occur post-IRBT impact the welfare and mortality of Lohmann LSL-Lite (LW) and Lohmann Brown (LB) pullets and hens. Two experiments were conducted and birds for b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Poultry science 2019-10, Vol.98 (10), p.4269-4281
Hauptverfasser: Struthers, S, Classen, H.L., Gomis, S, Crowe, T.G., Schwean-Lardner, K
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