Instant Insights: Ensuring the welfare of laying hens
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By Victoria Sandilands, Dana L. M. Campbell, Sarah L. Lambton, Isabelle Ruhnke, Claire A. Weeks, Dorothy McKeegan, Christina Rufener, Michael J. Toscano, Heng-Wei Cheng, Sha Jiang
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This collection features five peerreviewed reviews on ensuring the welfare of laying hens.
The first chapter highlights the key welfare issues in poultry housing and management, focussing on the use of conventional cages to house laying hens. The chapter then explores the emergence of enriched cages and cagefree housing, as well as the benefits and risks of each system on bird health and welfare.
The second chapter reviews the range of welfare issues affecting free range laying hens. The ch...
The first chapter highlights the key welfare issues in poultry housing and management, focussing on the use of conventional cages to house laying hens. The chapter then explores the emergence of enriched cages and cagefree housing, as well as the benefits and risks of each system on bird health and welfare.
The second chapter reviews the range of welfare issues affecting free range laying hens. The ch...






















