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Animal production and feeding [PDF]

, 2009
Organic livestock farmers will try to accommodate the natural needs and behaviour of their animals as much as possible. They pay extra attention to animal health and welfare, but also set high standards for housing, outside access and feed.
Hommes, M., Sukkel, W.
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Animal welfare in poultry production systems: impact of EU standards on world trade [PDF]

, 2008
Animal welfare receives more legislative attention in the European Union (EU) than in many other regions of the world. Animal welfare standards for poultry are generally taken to be higher in the EU than in producing countries exporting to the EU ...
Achterbosch, T.J., Horne, P.L.M., van
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Providing ramps during lay has larger impacts on laying hens than ramps at rearing

Poultry Science
: Commercial laying hen housing is shifting from traditional cages to non-cage housing systems, such as the aviary, which has gained popularity due to potential for more species-typical behavior.
M.J. Toscano, A.S. Jalali, J.M. Siegford, A. Stratmann   +3 more
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Statistical tools to improve assessing agreement between several observers

Animal, 2014
In the context of assessing the impact of management and environmental factors on animal health, behaviour or performance it has become increasingly important to conduct (epidemiological) studies in the field.
I. Ruddat, B. Scholz, S. Bergmann, A.-L. Buehring, S. Fischer, A. Manton, D. Prengel, E. Rauch, S. Steiner, S. Wiedmann, L. Kreienbrock, A. Campe   +11 more
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Tread drum for animals [PDF]

, 1978
A device for exercising animals such as primates is described, which includes a cylindrical housing mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis of revolution and has a cylindrical treadway portion on which the animal treads while the drum is rotated by ...
Howard, W. H.
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Influence of light exposure during late incubation, early feeding, and litter access posthatch on the stress response and body weight gain in laying hen chicks

Journal of Applied Poultry Research
SUMMARY: In-ovo sexing opens the door to on-farm hatching in the laying hen sector, but knowledge on the implications of different hatching system factors remains limited.
Catharina M.H. Broekmeulen, Yamenah Gómez, Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich, Bettina Almasi, Rupert M. Bruckmaier, Michael J. Toscano   +5 more
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Reliability of Palpation using three-dimensional keel bone models

Journal of Applied Poultry Research
Summary: Keel bone damage (KBD), including both deviations and fractures, is an important and wide-spread animal welfare problem of laying hens especially in non-cage housing systems.
E. Çavuşoğlu, M.J. Toscano, S.G. Gebhardt-Henrich   +2 more
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Towards animal oriented rearing methods in organic production systems [PDF]

, 2006
One of the foundations of organic animal production systems is that animals are kept in a more natural way. In terms of housing, animals get more space, have access to outside areas and are fed organic rations.

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Protocol voor meting van methaanemissie uit huisvestingssystemen in de veehouderij 2010 = Measurement protocol for methane emission from housing systems in livestock production 2010 [PDF]

, 2011
This report describes a measurement protocol for methane emissions from animal housing systems. The protocol is based on sampling periods of 24 hours spread over one year and can be applied in specified animal ...
Groenestein, C.M., Mosquera Losada, J., Ogink, N.W.M.   +2 more
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Is There a "Cage-Free" Lunch in U.S. Egg Production? Public Views of Laying-Hen Housing Attributes

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019
Animal welfareÐrelated production attributes are increasingly considered by U.S. consumers making food purchasing decisions and U.S. voters at the ballot box. This research considers U.S. consumer preferences for egg production attributes.
Daniel Ochs, Christopher A. Wolf, Nicole J. Widmar, Courtney Bir   +3 more
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