Housing Systems

Lambton et al., 2013 – A bespoke management package can reduce levels of injurious pecking in loose-housed laying hen flocks

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Larsen et al., 2017 – Behaviour of free-range laying hens in distinct outdoor environments

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Martin et al., 2012 – Medical and Veterinary Entomology – Housing and dustbathing effects on northern fowl mites

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Nagle and Glatz, 2012 – Free Range Hens Use the Range More When the Outdoor Environment is Enriched

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Norgaard-Nielsen, 1990 – Bone strength of laying hens kept in an alternative system, compared with hens in cages and on deep-litter

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Rodenburg et al., 2013 – The prevention and control of feather pecking in laying hens – identifying the underlying principles

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Rodriguez-Aurrekoetxea and Estevez, 2016 – Use of space and its impact on the welfare of laying hens in a commercial free-range system

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Shipov et al, 2016 – The influence of severe prolonged exercise restriction on the mechanical and structural properties of bone in an avian model

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Tauson and Abrahamsson, 1996 – Foot and Keel Bone Disorders in Laying Hens – Effects of Artificial Perch Material and Hybrid

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Widowski et al., 2016 – Laying hen welfare I. Social environment and space

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Yue and Duncan, 2003 – Frustrated nesting behaviour Relation to extracuticular shell calcium and bone strength in White Leghorn hens

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K. Anderson – Induced Molting of Commercial Layers

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Vezzoli et al – Dustbathing behavior: Do ectoparasites matter?

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LM Dixon, IJH Duncan, GJ Mason – The effects of four types of enrichment on feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens housed in barren environments

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Prof Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst – Housing Systems in laying hen husbandry. Development, present situation and perspectives.

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OIE Prepares International Guidelines for Laying Hens

The OIE has started work on producing global guidelines for laying hen housing systems.  This will form part of the OIE’s complete Code for terrestrial animals, with laying hens being the only sector not currently covered by the OIE’s Code.

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Zhao et al, 2015 – Comparative evaluation of three egg production systems: Housing characteristics and management practices

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Karcher et al, 2015 – Impact of commercial housing systems and nutrient and energy intake on laying hen performance and egg quality parameters

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