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dc.contributor.author | Campbell, Dana L M | en |
dc.contributor.author | Gerber, Priscilla F | en |
dc.contributor.author | Downing, Jeff A | en |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Caroline | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-02T00:44:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-02T00:44:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-18 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Animals, 10(2), p. 1-13 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-2615 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28973 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In Australia, free-range pullets are typically reared indoors, which may hinder later adjustment to outdoor access. Rearing enrichments could optimise pullet development. Hy-Line Brown® chicks (n = 1700) were reared indoors across 16 weeks with 3 enrichment treatments: (1) a standard control; (2) novel objects (novelty) provided weekly or (3) perching structures (structural) provided. All pullets were weighed at 5, 8, 12, and 16 weeks old. Pullets (n = 87) were tested in a novel arena at 9 weeks and manual restraint (n = 90) at 16 weeks. At 15 weeks, lymphoid organs were extracted and weighed from 90 pullets. Pullets were transferred to the free-range facility at 16 weeks and housed in 9 identical pens within rearing treatments. Hens perching were counted via video recordings across the first week. The structural pullets had the highest relative adrenal weights (p = 0.03) but differences may not have been biologically relevant. Structural hens perched less than the novelty hens in the layer facility (p = 0.02). There were no other consistent rearing treatment differences. The rearing environments had minimal effects on pullet behaviour and welfare, but data from the adult hens did show some longer-term welfare impacts. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Animals | en |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Minimal Effects of Rearing Enrichments on Pullet Behaviour and Welfare | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ani10020314 | en |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32085379 | en |
dcterms.accessRights | UNE Green | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Dana L M | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Priscilla F | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Jeff A | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Caroline | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 070299 Animal Production not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 830309 Poultry | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | pgerber2@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.publisher.place | Switzerland | en |
local.identifier.runningnumber | 314 | en |
local.format.startpage | 1 | en |
local.format.endpage | 13 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 85079590106 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 10 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 2 | en |
local.access.fulltext | Yes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Campbell | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Gerber | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Downing | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Lee | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:pgerber2 | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0002-8343-8299 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:1959.11/28973 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Minimal Effects of Rearing Enrichments on Pullet Behaviour and Welfare | en |
local.relation.fundingsourcenote | Poultry Hub Australia (grant number 2017-20) | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Campbell, Dana L M | en |
local.search.author | Gerber, Priscilla F | en |
local.search.author | Downing, Jeff A | en |
local.search.author | Lee, Caroline | en |
local.open.fileurl | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/f307a105-c148-400c-a878-ad23770d282b | en |
local.uneassociation | Yes | en |
local.atsiresearch | No | en |
local.sensitive.cultural | No | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000521356600047 | en |
local.year.published | 2020 | en |
local.fileurl.open | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/f307a105-c148-400c-a878-ad23770d282b | en |
local.fileurl.openpublished | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/f307a105-c148-400c-a878-ad23770d282b | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 300306 Animal welfare | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 100411 Poultry | en |
dc.notification.token | 1c783d82-a896-44f3-8d26-f74b56b7044a | en |
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