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Implications for Welfare, Productivity and Sustainability of the Variation in Reported Levels of Mortality for Laying Hen Flocks Kept in Different Housing Systems: A Meta-Analysis of Ten Studies [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Data from ten sources comprising 3,851 flocks were modelled to identify variation in levels of mortality in laying hens. The predicted increase with age was curvilinear with significant variation between the seven breed categories.
C. Weeks, S. Lambton, A. Williams
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Animals, 2022 Injurious pecking, commonly controlled by beak trimming (BT), is a widespread issue in laying hens associated with thwarted foraging. This controlled study compared the effect in intact and beak-trimmed pullets of providing pecking pans to eight ...
Paula Elizabeth Baker +2 more
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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.
C. Schuck-Paim +2 more
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Nutrition, feeding and laying hen welfare
Animal Production Science, 2021 The relationship between nutrition and welfare is usually considered to be a direct result of supplying the hen with adequate quantities of feed and water.
W. Bryden +4 more
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Soybean oil addition to wheat bran-based diet improves laying hens’ performance [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: Wheat bran (WB) is used extensively in animal feed. Despite its nutritional value, its use is limited because of its high-fiber content.
Mariana Novela +10 more
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Environmental Enrichments in Laying Hen Production Systems with Emphasis on Welfare and Egg Quality
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2021 To improve hen welfare, several studies have investigated various environmental enrichments that suit different laying hen production systems. The positive results of these studies can enable such environmental enrichments to be utilized in commercial ...
Brian Tainika, Ahmet Şekeroğlu
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Poultry Science, 2020 The application of micro-CT in small animal research, especially on bone health, has risen exponentially in recent years. However, its application in egg-laying hen bone analysis was still limited. This review introduces the technical aspects of micro-CT
C. Chen, W.K. Kim
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Inventory of biosecurity measures and antibiotics therapy practices on laying hen farms in Benin [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Background and Aim: Laying hen breeding is on the rise in Benin; nevertheless, there are several sanitary constraints to its development, including bacterial diseases. Faced with this situation, breeders mainly resort to different means of treatment. The
Oscar N. C. Aguidissou +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 MicroRNA-200 (miR-200) family is highly expressed in ovarian cancer. We evaluated the levels of family members relative to the internal control miR-103a in ovarian cancer and control blood specimens collected from American and Hong Kong Chinese ...
Pui-Wah Choi +14 more
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Optimal Placement of Laying Hen House Temperature Sensors Based on Genetic Algorithm
IEEE Access, 2022 The arrangement of temperature sensors in most existing large-scale laying hen houses is random or placed according to the experience of breeders. However, this can’t achieve accurate monitoring of the henhouse.
Xiaoyue Hu +4 more
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