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The Impacts of Colony Cages on the Welfare of Chickens Farmed for Meat

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Over 70 billion chickens are slaughtered globally each year. Almost all are meat breeds, typically housed in very large barns with a litter floor. Recently however, modern cage systems have been developed which provide very limited space and stack several tiers high. There is debate...

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Autores principales: Mace, Jenny L., Knight, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9654349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36359112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12212988