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Article published the June 13, 2018
Appropriate rearing is essential for ensuring the welfare and productivity of laying hens. Early experience has the potential to affect the development of fearfulness. This study tested whether rearing in aviaries, as opposed to cages, reduces the fearfulness of laying hens after transfer to furnished cages. Fear responses were recorded as avoidance of a novel object in the home cage. Lohmann Sele ...
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Article published the April 5, 2015
INTRODUCTIONAnimals must be able to perceive, store, and retrieve information in order to navigate their environment and maximize the ratio of benefits to costs. Birds should have good spatial cognition, allowing them to remember specific routes and landmarks so as to optimally utilize resources such as food, water, perches, and nests. They also need to use their knowledge of routes and landmarks ...
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Participation in Forum on March 29, 2015
We recently published an article indicating that rearing in aviaries compared to rearing in traditional cages improves the spatial cognitive ability of laying hens. The article can be found at the following cite: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2015.00003/abstract
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Participation in Forum on March 29, 2015
As long as the birds held in urban areas are cared for properly I do not see any problems with this from a welfare perspective. This being said, small populations of laying hens housed outdoors are an important source of pathogens and pose a risk for farmed birds. Otherwise we recently published a rather unique article indicating that rearing in aviaries compared to rearing in traditional cage ...
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Article published the December 22, 2014
IntroductionFollowing the EU Council Directive ban on conventional ‘battery’ cages (99/74/EC) which came into full effect in January 2012 [1], concerns for the welfare implications of certain rearing and production system combinations have arisen. Previous studies indicate that rearing conditions affect the welfare of birds in the producing stage. Nicol et al. [2] found that previous e ...
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Video published on August 28, 2014
Andrew M. Janczak, Associate Professor, Laboratory Head of the Norwegian University of Life Science speaks about the rearing effects on laying hen productivity and welfare.
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This member gave a presentation on June 26, 2014
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European Poultry Conference 2014
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Location:Ås, Akershus, Norway
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