welfare

A global increased awareness of animal welfare has resulted in many multinational companies with operations in Asia to source eggs solely from cage-free farms. Photo: Global Food Partners / Daniel Turbert
01-06-2020 | News

Promoting cage-free egg production in SE Asia

The research will provide a combination of practical solutions for welfare improvement that can be applied on a pan-European basis, taking into account target markets and public perception. Photo: Peter Roek
29-04-2020 | News

EC funds low-input and organic production system research

Slower growing birds are one of the key issues highlighted in the European Chicken Commitment. Photo: Ronald Hissink
28-04-2020 | News

Danish poultry producer to phase out fast-growing broilers

Hens without trimmed beaks can work in modern husbandry systems. However, the birds have formidable weapons for peaking which have to be managed. Photo: Henk Riswick
24-04-2020 | News

Poultry industry adapts to changes around beak trimming

Consumer interest in farm animal welfare, coupled with positive momentum inside a majority of the world s most influential food companies are key accelerators for improved welfare conditions. Photo: Ronald Hissink
08-04-2020 | News

Poultry companies benchmarked for animal welfare

Ingrid de Jong with Wageningen University and Research and collaborators Utrecht University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Virginia Tech worked on an affordable camera-based system and artificial intelligence that automatically records broiler chicken behaviour on-farm. Photo: Koos Groenewold
25-03-2020 | News

6 consortiums get financial support to enhance bird welfare

Karina Santiago Gonzalez, a PhD student at Newcastle University, is looking at a screen showing an image of activated brain cells in a chicken brain. Photo: Dick van Doorn
18-03-2020 | Article

Brain cells indicate hen welfare

Meat products produced under the Better Chicken Commitment scheme can be found in more and more supermarkets. Photo Hans Banus
02-03-2020 | News

Higher welfare raised birds hitting retail shelves in Europe

Photo: Michel Zoeter
27-02-2020 | News

Metro Group to go cage free

Seleggt and Schaffelaarsbos cooperate in processing discarded eggs. Photo: Ton Kastermans.
07-02-2020 | News

SELEGGT stops day-old-chick culling