Welfare outcomes assessment in laying hen farm assurance schemes

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-396

  Main, D C J ^a   Mullan, S ^a   Atkinson, C ^b   Bond, A ^b   Cooper, M ^c   Fraser, A ^c   Browne, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOIL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Farm assurance; Feather loss; Laying hen; Sampling; Welfare outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEAK; EGG LAYING; FARM ANIMAL; FEATHER; FEMALE; HEN; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864846017     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.21.3.389     Document Type: Article

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