Richard Shephard

I. INTRODUCTIONThe welfare of all farmed livestock is of importance to the consuming public. Australian consumers especially have some concerns about welfare within more intensive animal production systems, such as commercial egg farms (Rachel et al., 2017). Most consider cage-free and free-range production systems to be more `natural` and associate this with `good` animal welfare (Buddle et al., ...

I. IntroductionIn Australia, 95% of the population are concerned about animal welfare with 91% desiring better ways to monitor and improve animal welfare (National pest & disease outbreaks, 2018). There is increased understanding and focus on animals’ sentience and the need to ensure farm animals have ‘lives worth living’. This applies to the Australian egg industry where res ...

I. IntroductionIt is expected that the global demand for livestock products will increase by 70% by the year 2050 (Gerland et al., 2014). As one of the most high-protein and environmentally friendly sources, egg production is an important human food source. Intensive egg production enables the production of cheap, nutritious and readily available human food; however, one of the challenges is to en ...