welfare

Soos has developed an acoustic cell to measure the sound inside of the incubator. Their technology transforms the embryo through sound vibration and through changing the environmental conditions in the incubator. Photo: Jordan Kastrinsky, Soos.
06-10-2020 | Article

Israeli start-up Soos tackles culling of male chicks

At the lower density, the slowest growing breed was found to have slightly better welfare, with lower mortality. Photo: Bert Jansen
30-09-2020 | News

Slower growing broilers are healthier

The broilers produced under the Loue brand have plenty of space, both inside and outside the house. Photo: Hans Siemes
14-09-2020 | Article

Welfare label ensures a premium for meat and eggs

Stress is energetically costly in chickens. In broilers, for example, exposure to stress suppresses weight gain and heart development, increases oxidative damage and shifts investment from musculoskeletal growth and into fat deposition and antioxidant production. Photo: Jason Leung
17-08-2020 | News

Distress calls and performance of chicks analysed

Birds can get used to any type of sound. Dutch poultry farmer Piet Classens plays a trombone in the shed for years and now UK egg producer Glenn Haggart plays music to his hens. Photo: Bart Nijs
14-08-2020 | News

UK egg farmer plays music to his hens

EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojiechowski said the EU must work to support support farmers who voluntarily introduced high standards of animal welfare. Photo: ANP
12-08-2020 | News

Changing role for poultry meat in Europe

Birds do extremely well in the agroforestry system according to researched by the University of Sao Paulo. Photo: Esalq
01-07-2020 | News

Research looks at ‘forest chicken’ for animal welfare

Higher animal welfare is becoming a good marketing instrument for differentiation. Photo: Ronald Hissink
12-06-2020 | News

Rivals battle to promote higher poultry welfare standard

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09-06-2020 | News

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