Good quality environmental enrichment and choice of hybrid can contribute to successful housing of laying hens in mobile houses
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Detail description
Mobile houses offer benefits for farmers and chickens, but confinement due to risks like Avian Influenza can limit essential behaviors, leading to feather pecking and footpad lesions. A covered veranda with good enrichment, dry bedding, and dual-purpose hens can improve welfare in mobile housing.
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Contribution detail info
- Project
- Location
- Europe
- Authors
- Bas Rodenburg (UU)
- Purpose
- Communication, Dissemination
- File type
- document
- Created on
- Aug 30, 2024
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- PPILOW
- License
- CC BY