Comparison of selected haematological and biochemical indices and behaviour patterns of pheasant hens kept in different housing systems during the laying period

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2376/0005-9366-128-355" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2376/0005-9366-128-355</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2376/0005-9366-128-355" target="_blank" >10.2376/0005-9366-128-355</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of selected haematological and biochemical indices and behaviour patterns of pheasant hens kept in different housing systems during the laying period

Original language description

Selected haematological and biochemical indices and behaviour patterns were monitored in cage-housed pheasant hens during the peak-of-lay egg laying period. Lower counts of monocytes (p = 0.035) and concentrations of plasma biopterin (p = 0.020) and higher concentrations of plasma neopterin (p = 0.005) and plasma phosphorus (p = 0.025) were found in spectacles-fitted pheasant hens kept in conventional cages compared to non-spectacled hens kept in enriched cages. Even more pronounced effects of the housing system were revealed by analysis of the behaviour of pheasant hens: spectacles-fitted pheasant hens kept in conventional cages exhibited higher occurrences of movement (p = 0.045), stereotyped behaviour (p = 0.039), and aggression (p = 0.004), and lower rates of feeding (p = 0.009), drinking (p < 0.001), defecation (p = 0.038), preening (p = 0.013), and feather pecking (p < 0.001). Our results show that the relatively easy and inexpensive enrichment of the cage environment (two perche

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GJ - Diseases and animal vermin, veterinary medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift

ISSN

0005-9366

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

128

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9-10

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

355-361

UT code for WoS article

000363997400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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