caa a22 4500 397568177 CHVBK 20180308164833.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199612 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3382/ps.0751468 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.3382/ps.0751468 The Effect of Beak Trimming on Two Strains of Commercial Tom Turkeys [Elektronische Daten] 2. Behavior Traits1 [D. O. NOBLE, K. E. NESTOR, K. K. KRUEGER] The influence of beak trimming of two strains of commercial male turkeys (Strains A and B) on behavior during the growing period was investigated. Poults were either left with beaks intact or arc beak trimmed at hatching. Strain by beak treatment interactions were generally lacking, indicating that these two strains responded similarly. Beak trimming did not influence tameness (as measured by response to a novel object at 16 wk), fearfulness (as measured by tonic immobility response at 18 wk), or resting behavior from 3 to 15 wk of age. When compared to birds with intact beaks, birds with trimmed beaks spent more time standing during the week of hatching and were observed eating more often at 2 wk of age. Strain B birds were more tame, less fearful, and rested more at 8 and 11 wk of age than Strain A birds. Results of the current study indicate that the influence of arc beak trimming at hatching on behavior of male turkeys is transitory. Arc beak trimming of male turkeys at hatching did not appear to have a lasting negative impact on their well-being. © 1996 Poultry Science Association, Inc. Breeding and Genetics nationallicence beak trimming nationallicence behavior nationallicence male turkey nationallicence genetic strains nationallicence well-being nationallicence NOBLE D. O. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 and aut NESTOR K. E. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 and aut KRUEGER K. K. Cuddy Farms, Inc., P. O. Box 247, Marshville, North Carolina 28103 aut Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/12(1996-12), 1468-1471 0032-5791 75:12<1468 1996 75 ps https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751468 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751468 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- NOBLE D. O. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- NESTOR K. E. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- KRUEGER K. K. Cuddy Farms, Inc., P. O. Box 247, Marshville, North Carolina 28103 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/12(1996-12), 1468-1471 0032-5791 75:12<1468 1996 75 ps Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 397065086 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford