Early Onset of Laying and Bumblefoot Favor Keel Bone Fractures

Methods for assessment of keel bone damage in poultry

(2015) T. Casey-Trott et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Causes of keel bone damage and their solutions in laying hens

(2015) A. HARLANDER-MATAUSCHEK et al.   WORLDS POULTRY SCIENCE JOURNAL

Soft Perches in an Aviary System Reduce Incidence of Keel Bone Damage in Laying Hens

(2015) Ariane Stratmann et al.   PLoS One

The effect of keel fractures on egg-production parameters, mobility and behaviour in individual laying hens

(2014) MAF Nasr et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Welfare Quality® parameters do not always reflect hen behaviour across the lay cycle in non-cage laying hens

(2014) C Daigle et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Positive affective state induced by opioid analgesia in laying hens with bone fractures

(2013) M.A.F. Nasr et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The effect of keel fractures on egg production, feed and water consumption in individual laying hens

(2013) M.A.F. Nasr et al.   BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE

Higher precision level at individual laying performance tests in noncage housing systems

(2013) W. Icken et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Genetic parameters and principal component analysis for egg production from White Leghorn hens

(2013) G. C. Venturini et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Do Laying Hens with Keel Bone Fractures Experience Pain?

(2012) Mohammed A. F. Nasr et al.   PLoS One

Egg production curve fitting using nonlinear models for selected and nonselected lines of White Leghorn hens

(2012) R. P. Savegnago et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Pop hole use by hens with different keel fracture status monitored throughout the laying period

(2012) G. J. Richards et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Pain issues in poultry

(2011) Michael J. Gentle   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Roosting behaviour in laying hens on perches of different temperatures: Trade-offs between thermoregulation, energy budget, vigilance and resting

(2011) Thorsten Pickel et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Prevalence of keel bone deformities in Swiss laying hens

(2011) S. Käppeli et al.   BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE

Effects of housing, perches, genetics, and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on keel bone deformities in laying hens

(2011) S. Kappeli et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Pressure load on keel bone and foot pads in perching laying hens in relation to perch design

(2011) T. Pickel et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Influence of housing system and design on bone strength and keel bone fractures in laying hens

(2011) L. J. Wilkins et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Providing laying hens with perches: fulfilling behavioural needs but causing injury?

(2009) V. Sandilands et al.   BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE