Background

Researchers from AAFC and the University of Guelph in collaboration with Hybrid Turkeys are adapting and building on knowledge from laying hens to assess environmental and genetic components contributing to feather pecking behaviour in turkeys. The overall objective of this research is to increase turkey welfare and productivity through decreasing feather pecking and pecking-related injuries and mortalities.

Funding

$236,926.75 (CPRC $53,492.25, PIC $35,000, AAFC $98,434.50 (in-kind), Hybrid Turkeys $50,000 (in-kind))