This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of force molting programs on egg production and quality oflaying hens. Total of 165 white Bovines laying hens at 72 weeks of age were divided into four groups. Birds in-group 1 (control), birds in group 2, 3 and 4 were fasted for 10, 12 and 15 days, …
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In the context of the European Union ban on battery cages by 2012, a survey was conducted among Flemish egg producers (60% response rate, 140 completed questionnaires) about the introduction and opinion of alternative housing systems. Belgium appears to be among the countries in the European Union that are slower to adopt alternative housing. Belgium’s …
1. The objectives of the present study were to validate a reduced, non-intrusive version (RLS) of the LayWel plumage scoring system in domestic laying hens with reference to complete, intrusive scoring (CLS) and to investigate the effect of these two scoring methods on corticosterone metabolite concentrations. 2. A total of 312 medium-heavy laying hens from …
Feather pecking and cannibalism in chickens can lead to injury or to death of the victims, and is thus a serious welfare and economic issue in modern poultry farming. A sib selection scheme has been initiated to genetically select a low mortality line (LML), which shows decreased mortality due to cannibalism compared to a control …
Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades. Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis …
This paper reviews estimates of food related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the global, regional and national levels, highlighting both …
Despite the large number of studies examining the impact of cage systems on Ca and P nutrition,data are limited on …
The global pattern of expanding urban centers and increasing agricultural intensity is leading to more frequent interactions between air pollution …
An experiment was carried out to determine melamine residual levels in eggs by feeding laying hens 200 or 1,000 mg …
The first International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, took place from 3 to 7 September, 2007, in Interlaken, Switzerland. The main achievement of the Conference was the adoption of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, the …
The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources was adopted by 109 countries in Interlaken, in September 2007. It …
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Marketing Session Presentation – “Eggscellence in Breakfast at McDonald’s.”
Marketing Session Presentation – “Eating Trends that are Driving the Food Industry.”
Marketing Session Presentation – “Egg Nutrition Research Presents New Opportunities.”
Marketing Session Presentation – “Egg Nutrition Research Presents New Opportunities.”