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Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives
Animal Welfare, 2023 There is a trend towards the adoption of cage-free housing systems in the egg industry across Asia. While cage-free housing systems can hold significant animal welfare advantages over cages, there can also be challenges in managing these systems.
Kate Hartcher +11 more
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The Effect of Housing Environment on Physical Egg Quality of White Egg Layers
Poultry, 2023 Currently, the egg industry is experiencing a shift in demand for eggs from cage-free environments. This study aims to evaluate the egg quality parameters of white eggs laid in several different housing environments utilized in the industry.
Benjamin N. Alig +2 more
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Automatic detection of brown hens in cage-free houses with deep learning methods
Poultry Science, 2023 Computer vision technologies have been tested to monitor animals' behaviors and performance. High stocking density and small body size of chickens such as broiler and cage-free layers make effective automated monitoring quite challenging. Therefore, it is critical to improve the accuracy and robustness of laying hens clustering detection. In this study,
Yangyang Guo +4 more
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies
AgribusinessABSTRACTFarm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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Bedding Management for Suppressing Particulate Matter in Cage-Free Hen Houses
AgriEngineering, 2023 Cage-free (CF) layer houses tend to have high particulate matter (PM) levels because of bedding/litter floor and the birds’ activities, such as perching, dustbathing, and foraging on it. It has been reported that optimizing bedding management can potentially suppress PM levels in CF houses.
Ramesh Bahadur Bist +8 more
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Animals, 2023 Consumer demand for retail cage-free eggs is driving the layer industry towards greater use of extensive housing environments. However, there is limited research on how these environments affect egg production characteristics of brown egg layers, as was ...
Benjamin N. Alig +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Societal concern with the welfare of egg laying hens housed in conventional cages is fostering a transition towards cage-free systems in many countries.
Cynthia Schuck-Paim +2 more
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Poultry Science, 2023 : Several cage-free egg mandates and retailer pledge deadlines are set to take effect in January 2026. Yet it is unknown whether producers can transition to cage-free production at a rate commensurate with these goals.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Mice respond to a cage change (CC) with altered activity, disrupted sleep and increased anxiety. A bi-weekly cage change is, therefore, preferred over a shorter CC interval and is currently the prevailing routine for Individually ventilated cages (IVCs).
B Ulfhake +11 more
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Animals, 2023 This study evaluates the effect of housing environment on the egg quality characteristics of brown egg layers as many different environments are currently used in the industry.
Benjamin N. Alig +2 more
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