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Ingestive Behaviour and Wing-Flapping in Assessing Welfare of Laying Hens

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Ingestive behaviour and wing-flapping in chickens is briefly described and consequences of deprivation of the patterns are discussed. The welfare legislation related to the two behaviour patterns is considered and the legal differentiation between the two behavioural patterns is discussed.

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  1. Department of Forensic and State Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870, Copenhagen V, Denmark

    H. B. Simonsen

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  1. Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten der FAL, Mariensee, Federal Republic of Germany

    D. Smidt

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Simonsen, H.B. (1983). Ingestive Behaviour and Wing-Flapping in Assessing Welfare of Laying Hens. In: Smidt, D. (eds) Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6738-0_12

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