Are Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Motivated to Avoid Excreta-Soiled Substrate?
| Autor: | Isabelle Y. Kwon, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Valerie Monckton, Nienke van Staaveren, Christine F. Baes, Agnese Balzani, P. McBride |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Litter (animal)
rubber mats ground Wood shavings Body weight Meleagris gallopavo Animal science litter lcsh:Zoology lcsh:QL1-991 preference floor Perch lcsh:Veterinary medicine 630 Agriculture General Veterinary biology bedding biology.organism_classification Substrate (marine biology) welfare 590 Animals (Zoology) lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology operant methods |
| Zdroj: | Animals Volume 10 Issue 11 Animals, Vol 10, Iss 2015, p 2015 (2020) Monckton, Valerie; van Staaveren, Nienke; Baes, Christine F; Balzani, Agnese; Kwon, Isabelle Y; McBride, Peter; Harlander-Matauschek, Alexandra (2020). Are Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Motivated to Avoid Excreta-Soiled Substrate? Animals, 10(11) MDPI 10.3390/ani10112015 |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani10112015 |
| Popis: | The soiling of bedding on modern turkey farms combined with turkeys&rsquo reduced ability and opportunity to perch and roost at elevation, forces them to spend most, if not all, of their time in contact with their excreta. To determine turkeys&rsquo perspective on these conditions and the value they place on unsoiled bedding vs. soiled litter (collectively, substrates), we used twenty-four eleven-week-old turkey hens divided into six two-compartment pens. In the &ldquo home&rdquo compartment (H), we placed soiled wood shavings, while the &ldquo treatment&rdquo compartment (T) contained no substrate (NS), fresh pine and spruce wood shavings (FP), soiled pine and spruce wood shavings (SP), ammonia reductant-treated soiled pine and spruce wood shavings (TSP), or a feed treatment. One-way push-doors separated the two compartments. The door leading to T weighed an additional 0%, 20% or 40% of the turkeys&rsquo body weight while the door to H remained unweighted. All birds were exposed to each resource and door weight combination in a systematic order. We measured the turkeys&rsquo motivation based on the number of birds that pushed the maximum weight to access each resource, the amount of time spent in T, and the number of visits to T. Our findings show that turkeys worked harder to access feed compared to all the floor substrate treatments. Additionally, they were equally motivated to access all the substrate treatments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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