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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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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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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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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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The Social Lives of Free-Ranging Cats [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Despite the diversity of social situations in which cats live, the degree to which free-ranging cats (FRCs) are social is still debated. The aim of this review is to explore the literature on the social behavior of FRCs. A search of two major databases revealed that observations of intraspecies and interspecies social interactions have been conducted ...
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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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The Effects of Production System and Sex on the Sensory Quality Characteristics of Dorper Lamb
Foods, 2020 The effect of production systems on the sensory quality characteristics of Dorper lambs was investigated. Sixty lambs (ewes, rams, castrates) were allocated into two production groups (feedlot or free-range) at weaning with equal numbers of each sex ...
Louwrens Christiaan Hoffman +4 more
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EFFECT OF GENOTYPE, SEX AND KEEPING TECHNOLOGY ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OF BREAST AND THIGH MEAT
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 In the recent decades because of the alternative poultry meat production technologies (free range and organic farming), which are gaining ground in some of the European countries, only special slow growing breeds and hybrids can be used. The end products
SZ. KONRÁD, KATALIN KOVÁCSNÉ GAÁL
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Egg production of laying hens housed in alternative systems under field conditions [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção AnimalThe shift toward alternative housing systems is driven by consumer concerns about health, sustainability, and animal welfare. In Brazil, few studies have evaluated the performance of laying hens in alternative systems under real commercial conditions ...
Paula Gabriela da Silva Pires +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi +5 more
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