The prevalence of feather pecking and development in commercial flocks of laying hens

By B. Huber-Eicher, F. Sebö. 2001

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Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology

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1. Christine J Nicol
2. A. Gilani
3. T. Knowles
4. J. Wagenaar
5. M. Bestman

Citations in the corpus

• The prevention and control of feather pecking: application to commercial systems (2013, background): “Gentle feather pecking (GFP) is commonly observed during the rearing period (HuberEicher, 1999; Huber-Eicher and Sebo, 2001; Chow and Hogan, 2005) and can start from as early as one day after hatching (Riedstra and Groothuis, 2002).”
• The effect of rearing environment on feather pecking in young and adult laying hens (2013, background): “Factors such as litter availability (Huber-Eicher and Wechsler, 1997; Huber-Eicher and Sebö, 2001; Bestman et al., 2009), stocking density (Huber-Eicher and Audigé, 1999; Bestman et al.”
• A review of key health-related welfare issues in organic poultry production (2009, background): “Huber-Eicher and Sebo (2001) conducted a similar survey on commercial pullet rearing farms and followed the flocks onto the laying farms to monitor the development of feather pecking.”
• Feather damaging behaviour in parrots: A review with consideration of comparative aspects (2009, background): “Increases in the number of FP hens and frequency of pecks can be seen with age, with the highest frequency found around the onset of lay, at approximately 25 weeks of age (Hughes and Duncan, 1972; Jones et al., 1995; McKeegan and Savory, 2000; Huber-Eicher and Sebo, 2001).”
• The risk factors affecting the development of gentle and severe feather pecking in loose housed laying hens (2010, unknown): “Two prospective studies have been published: Huber-Eicher and Sebo (2001b) found that rates of both gentle and severe feather pecking increased from weeks 5 to 14, and then decreased by 20 weeks of age.”