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How to build a better laying hen
Feedstuffs in Focus
English - July 14, 2023 00:27 - 13 minutes - 12 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBusiness News News Business Marketing agriculture cattle industry agribusiness agriculture economics animal health animal nutrition beef chicken farming feed industry Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Is it possible to build a better laying hen? Perhaps so, according to University of Guelph researchers.
During the Poultry Science Assn. annual meeting in Philadelphia earlier this week, Drs. Tina Widowski and Ana Rentsch shared their findings on how bird welfare can influence bird productivity throughout the bird's lifetime. Their work has shown how a modification of early life experience along with attention to bird welfare and health can make a difference particularly when paired with specific housing systems. The results they were reporting on at PSA were largely focused on birds being house in aviaries.
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