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Governing animal–human relations in farming practices: a study of group housing of sows in the EU [PDF]
, 2015 EU pig welfare legislation required European pig farmers to shift from individual to group housing of pregnant sows by 1 January 2013. This requirement was principally designed to meet the sows’ needs for locomotion and interaction with conspecifics ...
De Krom, Michiel
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Genetic variation of keel and long bone skeletal properties for 5 lines of laying hens
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2020 Summary: Fractures to the keel bone is one of the greatest problems facing the laying hen industry. With most severe effects observed in non-cage housing, frequencies are expected to dramatically increase as the industry continues transitioning away from
L. Candelotto +7 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Up to 97% of laying hens housed in aviary systems are affected by keel bone fractures. Due to the scope of the problem, multiple efforts investigating causes and consequences of fractures have been conducted. The most frequently used techniques to detect
Christina Rufener +3 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2022 The objective of this study was to examine the effects of housing and management factors on animal welfare indicators in dairy cows using a benchmarking approach.
Daniel Gieseke +2 more
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Source identification and quantification of particulate matter emitted from livestock houses [PDF]
, 2010 There is need to identify and quantify the contribution of different sources to airborne particulate matter (PM) emissions from animal houses. To this end, we compared the chemical and morphological characteristics of fine and coarse PM from known ...
Aarnink, A.J.A. +5 more
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Animals, 2020 Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS) has been suggested for use in poultry under 4 kg in the abattoir as a more humane alternative to carbon dioxide (CO2).
Thomas C. Gent +4 more
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Animals, 2021 Group level measures of welfare flocks have been criticized on the grounds that they give only average measures and overlook the welfare of individual animals. However, we here show that the group-level optical flow patterns made by broiler flocks can be
Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich +2 more
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Survey among Belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows [PDF]
, 2011 There is a global move from individual to group housing of gestating sows. In the European Union, individual gestating stalls will be banned by 2013.
B. Ampe +3 more
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Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2018 Two hundred turkey breeder hens and 24 viable toms of 30-35 weeks (wk) old of small white variety were distributed into 2 treatment groups having 4 replicates First four replicates were offered diet A [National Research Council. 1994.
Amitav Bhattacharyya +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Considering animal welfare, animals should be kept in animal-appropriate and stress-free housing conditions in all circumstances. To assure such conditions, not only basic needs must be met, but also possibilities must be provided that allow animals in ...
Tina Hollandt +2 more
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