Laying hen performance in different production systems; why do they differ and how to close the gap? Results of discussions with groups of farmers in the Netherlands, Switzerland and France, benchmarking and model calculations;Leistung von Legehennen in unterschiedlichen produktionssystemen – wo liegen die unterschiede und wie kann man sie reduzieren? Resultate von Gruppendiskussionen mit Legehennenhaltern in den Niederlanden, der Schweiz und Frankreich, Vergleich von Eckdaten und Modellrechnungen

European Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Leenstra, Ferry ^a   Maurer, Veronika ^b   Galea, Fabien ^c   Bestman, Monique ^d   Amsler Kepalaite, Zivile ^b   Visscher, Jeroen ^c   Vermeij, Izak ^a   van Krimpen, Marinus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Sélection Animales ISA   (Netherlands)

^d LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg production; Free range; Laying hens; Opinion of farmers; Organic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929576344     PISSN: 16129199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1399/eps.2014.53     Document Type: Article

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