Minor beak trimming in chickens leads to loss of mechanoreception and magnetoreception

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1201-1206

  Freire, R ^a   Eastwood, M A ^a   Joyce, M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beak trimming; Poultry behavior; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAK; CHICKEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEAK; CHICKENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SENSATION;

EID: 79961016333     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3129     Document Type: Article

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