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Titolo: The effect of a 'freedom food' enrichment on the behaviour of broilers on commercial farms
Autore: Kells, A; Dawkins, MS; Borja, MC;
- Indirizzi:
- Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England Univ Oxford Oxford England OX1 3PS d, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England Univ Coll London, Inst Child Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, London WC1N 1EH, England Univ Coll London London England WC1N 1EH ostat, London WC1N 1EH, England
- Titolo Testata:
- ANIMAL WELFARE
fascicolo: 4,
volume: 10,
anno: 2001,
pagine: 347 - 356
- SICI:
- 0962-7286(200111)10:4<347:TEOA'F>2.0.ZU;2-O
- Fonte:
- ISI
- Lingua:
- ENG
- Soggetto:
- LAYING HENS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; TIME BUDGETS; ANIMAL-WELFARE; PECKING; PRIORITIES; DEVICES;
- Keywords:
- animal welfare; broilers; chickens; environmental enrichment poultry;
- Tipo documento:
- Article
- Natura:
- Periodico
- Settore Disciplinare:
- Agriculture,Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Citazioni:
- 20
- Recensione:
- Indirizzi per estratti:
- Indirizzo: Dawkins, MS Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PS, England Univ Oxford S Parks Rd Oxford England OX1 3PS X1 3PS, England
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- Citazione:
- A. Kells et al., "The effect of a 'freedom food' enrichment on the behaviour of broilers on commercial farms", ANIM WELFAR, 10(4), 2001, pp. 347-356
Abstract
The effect of an environmental enrichment - straw bales - on the behaviourof growing broiler chicks was investigated by comparing the behaviour of broilers kept in matched pairs of houses on commercial farms with and without bales. The birds provided with bales perched on them and clustered aroundthem. The most striking result, however, was that, even away from the bales, birds in the enriched houses were more active (showing more walking and running and less sitting) than birds in unenriched houses. The study provides support for the 'Freedom Food' recommendation that activity in commercially kept indoor chickens can be increased by providing environmental enrichment in the form of straw bales.
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