Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: Assimilating expert opinion

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-361

  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; Expert opinion; Furnished cages; Laying hens; Non cage systems; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CAGE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DUST EXPOSURE; EGG LAYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FORAGING; FRACTURE; HEN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MITE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56249148528     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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