Effects of a commercial broiler enrichment programme with or without natural light on behaviour and other welfare indicators

Commercial broiler production systems based on market initiatives to improve animal welfare beyond minimum legal requirements have emerged in several European countries. A common factor in the ‘higher welfare’ indoor systems is the application of environmental enrichment, with or without natural lig...

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Main Authors: I.C. de Jong, H. Gunnink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731118001805