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Demographics and practices of semi-intensive free-range farming systems in Australia with an outdoor stocking density of 1500 hens/hectare

Published: July 17, 2018
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Introduction Recent legislation in Australia, that came into effect from March 2017, states that eggs labelled ‘free-range’ need to be laid by hens with meaningful and regular access to the outdoors and that there would be a ceiling on outdoor stocking density of 10000 hens/hectare [1]. However, earlier model Code of Practice [2] and standards from animal welfare bodies [3, 4], as ...
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Mini Singh
The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney
Dr Isabelle Ruhnke
University of New England
University of New England
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Abdisamad Hasan husein
17 de septiembre de 2018
Can I get a copy of pdf of this research please.
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muhammad zeeshan
13 de octubre de 2018
That good
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