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Feather Plucking

Feather Plucking is a behavioral abnormality in avian species characterized by the self-inflicted removal of feathers, typically arising from stress, boredom, or environmental deprivation in captive or breeding settings.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Pterotillomania

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Publications

30

Ptilochronology: Feather Growth Bars as Indicators of Nutritional Status

Thomas C. Grubb · Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) · 1989 · 244 citations · Full text

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Influence of prior exposure to wood shavings on feather pecking, dustbathing and foraging in adult laying hens

Christine J Nicol, AC Lindberg, A. J. Phillips et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2001 · 111 citations

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A comparison of plucked feathers versus blood samples as DNA sources for molecular sexing

Michael Harvey, David N. Bonter, Laura M. Stenzler et al. · Journal of Field Ornithology · 2006 · 92 citations · Full text

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Recycling poultry feathers: more bang for the cluck.

Victoria McGovern · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2000 · 61 citations · Full text

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Effects of Caching Supplemental Food on Induced Feather Regeneration in Wintering Gray Jays Perisoreus canadensis: A Ptilochronology Study

Thomas A. Waite · Ornis Scandinavica · 1990 · 59 citations

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Authors

98

  1. AH
    Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

    University of Guelph, Canada

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  2. JC
    John Chitty

    Indianapolis Zoo, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  3. PG
    PAUL G. 'ESPINASSE

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. TC
    T.H. Coleman

    Michigan State University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. JL
    James L. N. Wood

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 37 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. University of Hohenheim

    Stuttgart, Germany

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    179 citations

  2. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    66 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  4. Infrafrontier

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  6. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

  7. Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  8. China Medical University

    Taichung, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Avian Biology

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  2. In Practice

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  3. Poultry Science

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    2 publications · 142 citations

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  5. Ornis Scandinavica

    2 publications · 113 citations

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