About the Authors

Ariane Stratmann

arianestratmann@gmail.com

Affiliation Research Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Division of Animal Welfare, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ernst K. F. Fröhlich

Affiliation Research Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern, Switzerland

Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Affiliation Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G2W1

Lars Schrader

Affiliation Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Celle, Germany

Michael J. Toscano

Affiliation Research Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Division of Animal Welfare, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Hanno Würbel

Affiliation Research Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Division of Animal Welfare, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich

Affiliation Research Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Division of Animal Welfare, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS EKF AHM LS HW SGH. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS MT SGH. Wrote the paper: AS MT.