The prevention and control of feather pecking: application to commercial systems

By Christine J Nicol, M. Bestman, A. Gilani, E. N. Haas, I. D. Jong, S. Lambton, J. Wagenaar, C. Weeks, T. Rodenburg. 2013

112 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology

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In Animal Science and Zoology

1. A. Gilani
2. Bidda Jones
3. Christine J Nicol
4. T. Knowles
5. K. Hartcher
6. J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

In Parasitology

1. Bidda Jones
2. K. Hartcher

Citations in the corpus

• The effect of rearing environment on feather pecking in young and adult laying hens (2013, background): “beak trimming, reducing the light intensity), but these treat the symptoms rather than addressing the causes (Nicol et al., 2013).”
• Predicting feather damage in laying hens during the laying period. Is it the past or is it the present (2014, background): “…plucking and pecking of feathers of 53 conspecifics that can result in feather damage and mortality (Savory, 1995) - remains a serious 54 welfare problem in commercial enterprises despite the many studies focusing on the prevention 55 of the behaviour (Nicol et al., 2013; Rodenburg et al., 2013).”
• The welfare of layer hens in cage and cage-free housing systems (2017, background): “They can fail to adequately access resources, including feed and water, due to chronic victimisation, fear and stress (Freire et al. 2003; Nicol et al. 2013).”