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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The poultry reservoir, especially broiler meat, is generally recognized as one of the most-important sources for human Campylobacteriosis. The measures to control Campylobacter targeted essentially the primary production level.
Muriel Guyard-Nicodème +7 more
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Antibiotics, 2021 Poultry farming is a common practice in Ghana. Antibiotics are used, particularly in commercial poultry farming, as growth promoters and to prevent and cure infections.
Ellis Kobina Paintsil +9 more
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The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2013 Background In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments.
Cook, Elizabeth A. +3 more
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Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023 Range use by free-range laying hen flocks is heterogeneous. We hypothesized that ranging behaviour may be motivated by curiosity and thwarted by fearfulness.
Peta S. Taylor +5 more
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Testicular growth and comb and wattles development in three Italian chicken genotypes reared under free range conditions [PDF]
, 2015 Male chickens belonging to three Italian purebreds \u2013 Ermellinata di Rovigo (ER), Robusta lionata (RL) and Robusta maculata (RM) \u2013 were studied. All the birds were reared under the same rearing conditions (from May until autumn).
DE FASSI NEGRELLI RIZZI, Chiara +1 more
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Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2023 SUMMARY: Free-range poultry has become more popular due to consumer demands for improvements in animal welfare. The current study was conducted to determine the impact of paddock area stocking density on the egg and environmental microbiology of free ...
J.S. Garcia +4 more
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Online Chats to Assess Stakeholder Perceptions of Meat Chicken Intensification and Welfare
Animals, 2016 Evidence suggests that there is variation in support for specific chicken farming practices amongst stakeholder groups, and this should be explored in more detail to understand the nature of these differences and work towards convergence.
Tiffani J. Howell +3 more
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Predation by Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) at an Outdoor Piggery
Animals, 2016 Outdoor pig operations are an alternative to intensive systems of raising pigs; however for the majority of outdoor pork producers, issues of biosecurity and predation control require significant management and (or) capital investment.
Patricia A. Fleming +3 more
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Impact of organic pig production systems on CO2 emission, C sequestration and nitrate pollution [PDF]
, 2010 Organic rules for grazing and access to outdoor area in pig production may be met in different ways, which express compromises between considerations for animal welfare, feed self-reliance and negative environmental impact such as greeehouse gas ...
Eriksen, Jørgen +5 more
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Outdoor stocking density in free-range laying hens: effects on behaviour and welfare
Animal, 2017 Free-range laying hen systems are increasing within Australia and research is needed to determine optimal outdoor stocking densities. Six small (n=150 hens) experimental flocks of ISA Brown laying hens were housed with access to ranges simulating one of ...
D.L.M. Campbell +3 more
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