Welfare issues affecting free-range laying hens

Welfare issues affecting free-range laying hensFree range laying hen production systems involve providing flocks of hens with the chance to use minimally controlled outdoor areas, rather than keeping them in intensive, environmentally controlled, indoor housing. Such systems are considered more natural and ethical. However, highly productive modern genotypes, selected for cage production, are harder to manage in large flocks and outdoor environments. To sustainably improve free range housing and

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genomic and functional genomic studies of immune and disease resistance in chickens and the role of the MHC

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