A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of vent pecking in laying hens in alternative systems and its associations with feather pecking, management and disease

By C. Pötzsch, K. Lewis, Christine J Nicol, L. Green. 2001

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Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Social Psychology

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In Animal Science and Zoology

1. Christine J Nicol
2. A. Gilani
3. J. Wagenaar
4. T. Rodenburg
5. Bidda Jones
6. N. Latham
7. G. Mason
8. P. Koene

In Social Psychology

1. N. Latham
2. G. Mason

Citations in the corpus

• The effect of rearing environment on feather pecking in young and adult laying hens (2013, unknown): “, 2006) and vent ecking (Pötzsch et al., 2001).”
• Maternal deprivation and the development of stereotypic behaviour (2008, background): “A survey of commercial layer hens in noncage systems found that feather-pecking was reported in 56% of flocks, with a mean of 30% of animals being feather-pecked in affected flocks (Pötzsch et al., 2001).”
• The risk factors affecting the development of gentle and severe feather pecking in loose housed laying hens (2010, unknown): “…1978; Herremans et al., 1989), reduced egg production (El-Lethey et al., 2000; Huber-Eicher and Sebo, 2001a), outbreaks of cannibalism (Allen and Perry, 1975; Cloutier et al., 2000; McAdie and Keeling, 2000; Pötzsch et al., 2001) and increased flock mortality (Koene, 1997; Yngvesson et al., 2004).”
• The welfare of layer hens in cage and cage-free housing systems (2017, background): “However, housing birds in large groups may contribute to an increase in the prevalence of severe feather pecking due to the spread of the behaviour throughout a flock of birds (Hughes 1995; McAdie and Keeling 2000; Potzsch et al. 2001).”
• The impact of group size on damaging behaviours, aggression, fear and stress in farm animals § (2007, background): “Pötzsch et al. (2001) studied the risk factors related with the incidence of cannibalism due to vent pecking on commercial farms and did not find an effect of group size.”
• The prevention and control of feather pecking: application to commercial systems (2013, background): “After this period, GFP tends to remain relatively stable or even declines with age, whereas SFP tends to increase throughout the laying period (Nicol et al., 1999; Pötzsch et al., 2001; Lambton et al., 2010), but there can be considerable variation between flocks in the timing of plumage loss.”
• The effect of stocking density, flock size and modified management on laying hen behaviour and welfare in a non-cage system (2006, background): “These modifications have been associated with decreased risks of feather and vent pecking in epidemiological studies (Green et al., 2000; Pötzsch et al., 2001).”
• Predicting feather damage in laying hens during the laying period. Is it the past or is it the present (2014, background): “Moreover, the availability of litter during lay strongly affects the occurrence of SFP at laying (Potzsch et al., 2001; Nicol et al., 2003; Lambton et al., 2013), indicating that the need of hens to forage can lead to SFP at any time when this behaviour is thwarted.”