Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: An on-farm comparison

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-373

  Rodenburg, T Bas ^a,b   Tuyttens, F A M ^b   de Reu, K ^b   Herman, L ^b   Zoons, J ^c   Sonck, B ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Centre for Applied Poultry Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Health; Housing; Laying hens; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EGG LAYING; FEAR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEN; HERD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHING;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 56249102449     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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