Providing environmental enrichments affects activity and performance, but not leg health in fast- and slower-growing broiler chickens
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105375
Abstract: Abstract Effects of environmental enrichment on activity, behaviour, walking ability, contact dermatitis and performance were investigated in fast- and slower-growing broiler chickens. A total of 840 day-old male broilers, 420 of a fast-growing strain (Ross… read more here.
Keywords: performance; growing broiler; activity; slower growing ... See more keywords
The ‘sustainability gap’ of US broiler chicken production: trade-offs between welfare, land use and consumption
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210478
Abstract: In 2018, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered in the United States. As the demand for chickens increases, so too have concerns regarding the welfare of the chickens in these systems and the damage such… read more here.
Keywords: consumption; increase; land; slower growing ... See more keywords
Warmer temperatures favor slower-growing bacteria in natural marine communities
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade8352
Abstract: Earth’s life-sustaining oceans harbor diverse bacterial communities that display varying composition across time and space. While particular patterns of variation have been linked to a range of factors, unifying rules are lacking, preventing the prediction… read more here.
Keywords: growing bacteria; warmer temperatures; temperatures favor; slower growing ... See more keywords