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Farm Animal Welfare in Organic Production - Poultry
A. General
- Index of Poultry Diseases (Organic-Vet)
- Inventory of Poultry Welfare Research in Canada 2006 (Res) (PDF, 685 kb)
B. Laying Hens
- Effect of housing system on performance and egg quality characteristics in laying hens (Res)
- Free-range poultry production - A review (Res)
- NEW!! How to motivate laying hens to use the hen run? (FiBL) (PDF, 254 kb) (Res)
- Increased foraging in organic layers (Res)
- Laying hen welfare standards: a classic case of 'power to the people' (Res)
- NEW!! Practical alternatives to battery cages for laying hens (EU) (PDF, 396 kb)
- Use of the range area in organic egg production systems: effect of climatic factors, flock size, age and artificial cover (Res)
- Welfare of organic laying hens (Res)
- NEW!! Welfare standards for organic and 'free-range' chickens and eggs (EU) (PDF, 144 kb)
C. Broiler Chickens
- Chicken welfare is influenced more by housing conditions than by stocking density (Res)
- Effect of conventional and organic production practices on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in poultry (Res)
- Effect of Conventional versus Organic Method of Production on the Broiler Carcass and Meat Quality (Res)
- Environmental and Management Factors Affecting the Welfare of Chickens on Commercial Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark Stocked At Five Densities (Res)
- Forced to crowd or choosing to
cluster? Spatial distribution
indicates social attraction in broiler chickens (Res) - Free-range poultry production - A review (Res)
- New Production Systems: Evaluation of Organic Broiler Production in Denmark (Res)
- Organic broilers in floorless pens on pasture (Res)
- Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of thermophilic Campylobacter in organic and conventional broiler flocks (Res)
- What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference (Res)
