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Measures to improve the welfare of laying hens on farms
Project
Project code: 11-29
Contract period: 01.12.2011
- 31.05.2015
Purpose of research: Applied research
Animal losses caused by cannibalism, feather pecking or mutual crushing, can be observed in many farms keeping laying hens. These phenomena are mainly found in the systems for barn eggs and aviaries. Further problems arise from pad diseases, sternum, and changes caused by infectious and / or parasitic diseases. The problem area is thus very complex and can therefore only be edited by a large-scale field study comprehensively and scientifically analyzed.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Animal health
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Department of Animal Welfare, Ethology , Hygiene and Husbandry
Participating institutions
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: Measures to improve the welfare of laying hens on farms
- Scientific advice and support of Bavarian egg-producing poultry farms with keeping of non-beak trimmed laying hens with regard to prevention of and early response to the occurrence of feather pecking and cannibalism, Follow-up project Step 2
- Scientific advice and support of Bavarian egg-producing poultry farms with keeping of non-beak trimmed laying hens with regard to prevention of and early response to the occurrence of feather pecking and cannibalism
