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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2023 In recent years, the market share for cage-free eggs has gradually increased. Because commercially available cage-free eggs are often produced not only by several housing systems but also with different feed crude protein (CP) levels, there are combined ...
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Poultry, 2023 The housing environment has become a critical issue for consumers of eggs and egg products. Therefore, it is imperative to understand how various housing environments can affect the modern laying hen.
Benjamin N. Alig +3 more
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Tracking floor eggs with machine vision in cage-free hen houses
Poultry Science, 2023 Some of the major restaurants and grocery chains in the United States have pledged to buy cage-free (CF) eggs only by 2025 or 2030. While CF house allows hens to perform more natural behaviors (e.g., dust bathing, perching, and foraging on the litter floor), a particular challenge is floor eggs (i.e., mislaid eggs on litter floor). Floor eggs have high
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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.
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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