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Ground Pecking

Ground Pecking is a behavioral metric in the study of animal comfort behavior that quantifies the frequency and duration of an animal’s pecking interactions with the ground substrate, serving as an indicator of foraging motivation, environmental engagement, and welfare status in avian species.

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2017–2026

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Publications

25

Feather-pecking in poultry: Its relation with ground-pecking

H.J. Blokhuis · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 1986 · 264 citations

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The Effect of Stocking Density on the Welfare and Behaviour of Broiler Chickens Reared Commercially

A L Hall · Animal Welfare · 2001 · 164 citations

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Relationship between feather pecking and ground pecking in laying hens and the effect of group size

Boris Bilčı́k, Linda Keeling · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2000 · 132 citations

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Heritability of feather pecking and open-field response of laying hens at two different ages

T.B. Rodenburg, AJ Buitenhuis, B. Ask et al. · Poultry Science · 2003 · 123 citations · Full text

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Welfare of broiler chickens

Adele Meluzzi, Federico Sirri · Italian Journal of Animal Science · 2009 · 114 citations · Full text

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Authors

57

  1. HB
    H.J. Blokhuis

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    3 publications · 461 citations

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  2. JV
    J.W. van der Haar

    Poultry Science Association, United States

    2 publications · 197 citations

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  3. HS
    Ho Sung Choe

    Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  4. MR
    Md. Rakibul Hassan

    Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. KS
    Kyeong Seon Ryu

    Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

    2 publications · 103 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    973 citations

  2. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    Ås, Norway

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    277 citations

  3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    331 citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    341 citations

  5. Norwegian Veterinary Institute

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  6. Royal Veterinary College

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Poultry Science Association

    Champaign, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    94 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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  1. Animal Welfare

    4 publications · 287 citations

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  2. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    4 publications · 566 citations

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  4. Behaviour

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  5. British Poultry Science

    2 publications · 163 citations

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