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      Incubation and rearing strategies to reduce feather pecking in laying hens

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      Aug 30, 2024
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      Poultry and PIg Low-input and Organic production systems’ Welfare
      Prof. T. Bas Rodenburg – Utrecht University (NL)
      • poultry
      • feather pecking
      • laying hens
      • incubation
      • mobile poultry houses
      • short-rotation coppice
      • foraging enrichment
      • operant feeders
      • veranda access
      • cannibalism prevention

      Preheating the Poultry House for Broiler Chicks

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      Apr 07, 2025
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      Practice and Science Broiler Production Innovation Network
      Stefan Gunnarsson
      • broiler production
      • animal welfare
      • temperature management
      • poultry housing
      • pre-heating protocol
      • flock health
      • chick rearing
      • thermal stress
      • ventilation control
      • barn preparation

      A superior method for depopulating end-of-lay hens from enriched cages

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      Aug 14, 2017
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      Practice-led innovation supported by science and market-driven actors in the laying hen and other livestock sectors
      Dr. Claire Weeks
      • end-of-lay hens
      • depopulating
      • enriched cages
      • hen welfare
      • transport trolley
      • furnished cage systems
      • poultry handling
      • animal welfare
      • EU-funded
      • worker safety

      On-farm Hatching with NestBorn to Enhance Broiler Health

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      Apr 07, 2025
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      Practice and Science Broiler Production Innovation Network
      Stefan Gunnarsson
      • broiler production
      • animal welfare
      • hatching in shed
      • NestBorn
      • chick development
      • digestive tract
      • immune system
      • poultry management
      • good practice
      • German farming

      Dresdnerhuhn Project: Native Chicken Breed Performance and Conservation

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      Dec 31, 2024
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      Investigation of moulting and endoparasite load as well as preparation of a breeding value estimation in Saxon poultry breeds ("Dresdnerhuhn")
      Prof. Dr. Markus Freick
      • Dresdnerhuhn
      • Zwerg-Dresner
      • Saxon native chicken breeds
      • endoparasite load
      • breeding value assessment
      • heritage poultry
      • genetic diversity
      • free-range rearing
      • egg quality
      • animal welfare indicators

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      The optimal start: select chicks from a hatchery with early feeding

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      May 03, 2025
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      Practice and Science Broiler Production Innovation Network
      Stefan Gunnarsson
      • chick care
      • hatchery
      • early feeding
      • broiler production
      • welfare
      • Hatch-Care system
      • yolk sac
      • chick development
      • transport delay
      • welfare standards

      Pecking enrichment for broiler chickens

      document
      Apr 07, 2026
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      Linking extensive husbandry practices to the intrinsic quality of pork and broiler meat
      Lisa Quirin+ 2
      • animal welfare
      • broiler chickens
      • environmental enrichment
      • pecking behavior
      • foraging behavior
      • animal housing
      • organic materials
      • mEATquality
      • EIP-AGRI
      • Horizon Europe

      Inducing moulting in organic laying hens

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      Apr 03, 2026
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      Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed
      Esther Zeltner
      • moulting
      • artificial moulting
      • organic laying hens
      • extended lifespan
      • animal welfare
      • poultry farming
      • FIBL
      • layer chickens
      • humane practices
      • sustainable farming

      Etourdissement et saignée porcins abattoir

      document
      Jan 01, 2022
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      Kennis­platform voor de groene sector
      Kernberger-Fischer, I.+ 2
      • pigs
      • animal welfare
      • slaughter
      • stunning
      • CO2
      • electronarcosis
      • transport stress
      • bleeding
      • IFS-Pigs-2022
      • welfare assessment

      Resting enrichment for broiler chickens

      document
      Apr 07, 2026
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      Linking extensive husbandry practices to the intrinsic quality of pork and broiler meat
      Ingrid de Jong
      • elevated perches
      • broiler chickens
      • animal welfare
      • poultry housing
      • leg health
      • litter quality
      • behavioral enrichment
      • mEATquality
      • Organic Farm Knowledge
      • poultry welfare
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