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Time structure of behavioral patterns related to feed pecking in chicks.
Physiology & behavior - 15 Sept 2000
Martaresche M, Le Fur C, Magnusson M, Faure J M, Picard M
Abstract excerpt
Nonrandom time patterns of pecking acts by 16 chicks were detected using the software Theme during three videotaped pecking sessions (M, C, and A). At 15 days of age pecking session, M (mash) was recorded when chicks ate a mash diet. Pecking session C (change) at 16 or 17 days of age was recorded immediately after the change of the diet to pellets presented either as regular cylinders (P) to eight chicks, or as...
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