Applied Research Note: Pretesting of a new housing system for breeding birds of layer strains in Sweden

Summary: Pretesting of any new animal housing system in Sweden must include an evaluation of animal welfare. In 2013, a Swedish hatching company applied to the competent authority (CA) for permission to import, install, and bring into use a system with large furnished cages for breeding birds of lay...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stefan Gunnarsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Poultry Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617121000155