Heart rate variability in hens selected on feather pecking behaviour
Description:
The overall objective of this task is to provide information in order to better understand the motivational background of feather pecking with the ultimate goal of reducing feather pecking in commercial hybrids of laying hens. These goals will be pursued by investigating electro-cartographic responses in hens with a known phenotypic and genotypic (breeding value) level of feather pecking.
Executive Institute:
FLI - Institute for Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (FLI - ITT) Details of FLI - Institute for Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
Parent institution:
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) Details of (FLI) (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Contract period:
01. 05. 2005 - 31. 12. 2007
Participating Institutions:
- Research Centre Foulum Details of Research Centre Foulum
Funding Programme:
- BMELV / Core funding Details of BMELV / Core funding
Subject:
- Animal breeding
- Animal Husbandry
- Special animal species
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of (BMELV)
Project Management Agency:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of BMELV