Pilotstudie naar welzijnsaspecten van kammen dubben bij hanen van legrassen = Pilot study welfare implications of dubbing combs of cockerels of Leghorn parent stock

T.G.C.M. van Niekerk, H. Gunnink, B.F.J. Reuvekamp

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Abstract

In a small pilot experiment the impact of comb dubbing on male chicks has been investigated. No effect on behaviour, growth and feed intake was recorded, suggesting that dubbing has no major effect on welfare of the chicks.
Original languageDutch
Place of PublicationLelystad
PublisherWageningen UR Livestock Research
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Publication series

NameRapport / Wageningen UR Livestock Research
PublisherWageningen UR Livestock Research
No.469
ISSN (Print)1570-8616

Keywords

  • poultry farming
  • chicks
  • cocks
  • surgical operations
  • animal welfare

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