Vent pecking
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vent-pecking-297-7139733
title:
Vent pecking
text:
Vent pecking is an abnormal behaviour of birds performed primarily by commercial egg-laying hens. It is characterised by pecking damage to the cloaca, the surrounding skin and underlying tissue. Vent pecking frequently occurs immediately after an egg has been laid when the cloaca often remains partly everted exposing the mucosa, red from the physical trauma of oviposition or bleeding if the tissue is torn by her laying an egg. Vent pecking clearly causes pain and distress to the bird being pecke
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description:
Bird behaviour
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vent_pecking
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date modified:
2024-02-14T20:52:54Z
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