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Effects of Litter on the Welfare of Cage-Free Laying Hens

This project compared artificial turf to wood chips. The type of bedding and flooring used early in a tier can affect air quality, chicken welfare and egg quality, according to new research from the Purdue University School of Agriculture. Dr. Marisa...

America:Saving male chicks as an alternative source of poultry meat

Kipster decided to end the culling of male chickens by letting the laying brothers grow up to become an alternative source of meat. In the...

Outdoor Virtual Reality Can Improve Layers health

Video projection of outdoor scenes reduced stress and increased resilience to APEC, blood and tissue analysis reveals. According to a pilot study published in the...

Australia introduces new standards for poultry welfare

An independent poultry welfare panel commissioned by all Australian agriculture ministers completed its work in 2019 to develop new Australian animal welfare standards and...

Pulsed light technology could improve the well-being of layers

Each smart bulb contains a microprocessor that keeps everything in sync. Alternating wavelength pulsed light technology can increase the productivity and welfare of laying hens,...

Negative impacts of industrial poultry & agriculture in Africa

Factory farms are livestock farming systems using highly intensive methods in which poultry, pigs or cattle are kept in large numbers indoors under strictly...