Bestman, Monique; Verwer, C; Brenninkmeyer, Christine; Knierim, Ute; Soerensen, J.T.; Hinrichsen, L.; Willett, A. V.; Niebuhr, K.; Smajlhodzic, F.; Errari, P.; Ferrante, V.; Gunnarsson, S.; Tuyttens, Frank and Heerkens, Jasper (2015) Promoting health and welfare in organic laying hens. Recommendations to ensure hen health and welfare in organic husbandry. Healthy Hens.
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Summary
In the HealthyHens project we investigated laying hen health and welfare in organic poultry systems in eight European countries. This leaflet presents our findings and recommendations. Most of our recommendations are also relevant for conventional poultry systems.
EPrint Type: | Other |
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Keywords: | laying hen welfare, organic laying hens, feather pecking, beak trimming |
Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Production systems > Poultry |
Research affiliation: | Denmark > AU - Aarhus University Austria > Univ. VMU Wien Netherlands > Louis Bolk Institute UK > ADAS Germany > University of Kassel |
Deposited By: | Broekhuizen, Dr Roelinka |
ID Code: | 30398 |
Deposited On: | 04 Aug 2016 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2016 09:40 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Published |
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