The welfare of ducks during foie gras production

I Rochlitz, DM Broom - Animal Welfare, 2017 - cambridge.org
This review, which focuses on foie gras production from ducks in France, highlights welfare
problems that may arise in the final (third) stage of production, when force-feeding occurs …

Effects of force-feeding on immunology, digestive function and oxidative stress in the duodenal and jejunal mucosa of Pekin ducks

YH Liu, XY Zhu, LQ Huang, YX Jia, ZF Xia - animal, 2019 - cambridge.org
Force-feeding was considered as a traditional high-efficiency approach to improve growth
performance and accelerate fat deposition of Pekin ducks. However, force-feeding is a …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of dietary fiber sources on the physiological and behavioral stress responses of Greylag geese (Anser anser)

LW He, QX Meng, DY Li, YW Zhang, LP Ren - Journal of Applied Poultry …, 2016 - Elsevier
This experiment investigated the physiological and behavioral responses of Greylag geese
(Anser anser) fed different fiber sources when exposed to the common stressors at harvest …