Animal welfare
...sport of chickensIn the LEGMONI-project ILVO will develop a tool that will monitor the welfare of laying hens at the slaughter line. It must be simple, practical and objective. The tool should rev...
...sport of chickensIn the LEGMONI-project ILVO will develop a tool that will monitor the welfare of laying hens at the slaughter line. It must be simple, practical and objective. The tool should rev...
General introductionWorm infections are a bottleneck in laying hen farming, both conventional and organic. At the moment the only medicine allowed is the allopathic drug flubendazole to treat worm...
What are the pros and cons, the opportunities and issues with mobile housing systems for laying hens and broiler chickens?
In the PREBEBIOLEG project, we aim to provide organic poultry farmers with feasible procedures in order to simultaneously provide their laying hens with optimal health and animal welfare
The goal of KIPVANG is to catch and load meat chickens and spent laying hens for transport to the slaughterhouse in a more animal-friendly way.
At the request of the Flemish Government, the goal of the LEGMONI project is to elaborate a rapid monitoring tool for the welfare of laying hens.
... working on in the Mobio'Mite project. The red bird mite is estimated to affect over 90% of Belgian laying hen farms. In fact, the mite is ubiquitous throughout Europe. In the poultry industry, con...
...duration of the project. So far, 3 species of algae have been tested in 3 different trials, in both laying hens and broilers, but concrete results are still awaiting completion of all analyses. The...
...br> In the first year of the project, 'best practices' will be developed for keeping poults and laying hens in cage-free housing systems. To gather information for this, 4 case studies will be ...
... In the first year of the project, best practices will be developed for keeping pullets and laying hens in cage-free systems. To collect input for these best practices, 4 case studies will be p...
The CHICKENSTRESS research project aims to improve the welfare of free-range laying hens by reducing the incidence of feather-pecking, reducing their stress and fearfulness, and improving their range ...
...itially focused on the broiler sector, however the obtained insights may also be applicable for the laying hen sector.Research approachThe following choices and phases characterize the appr...
...ace at ILVO. Four groups of slow growing Sasso broilers (trial 1) and 2 x 2 groups of Novogen Brown laying hens (trial 2) were housed in mobile coops with access to two types of vegetation area (sh...
...ese were then tested. In a second phase, the nutrient metabolism and nutrient requirements of older laying hens were examined. This knowledge has been nearly non-existent, while it is essential for...
...onmentally, and useful business models are worked out. ILVO focuses on three themes: 1. Keeping laying hens with intact beaks in organic and free-range systems. ILVO evaluates possible ways to ...
...minous plants separately, but not for mixed crops and certainly not yet for matching their use with laying hens and broilers in both conventional and organic production systems. Finally, the projec...
...the next 4 years to map out the fundamental and more practical causes and consequences of stress in laying hens throughout their lives. The starting point is the EU ban on laying batteries in 2012,...
...n gelinkt aan respectievelijk het fatty liver haemorrhagic syndrome (leververvetting)en laying hen fatigue (batterijmoeheid). In deze pilootproef wordt onderzocht hoe het optreden van een negatieve...
...alciumbalans. Deze zijn gelinkt aan respectievelijk het fatty liver haemorrhagic syndrome en laying hen fatigue. In deze pilootproef wordt onderzocht hoe het optreden van een negatieve energie- en/...
ILVO conducts management, feeding, digestion, and registration trials on laying hens, broilers, mother hens, turkeys, and rabbits (does & meat rabbits). This includes monitoring production results...
...ivestock farm. PHAE will become a possible case here.A component of outdoor poultry farming (laying hens) will be considered. The research monitors the do's and don'ts of such a transition: technic...
...pounds are extracted, the residual fraction could be used as feed. Feed trials with laying hens and broilers will assess the effects on chicken growth and egg quality. Other by-products that cannot...
... output as milk, eggs, meat) for the commonly used animal production systems in Belgium (pig, laying hens, broilers, dairy cattle and beef cattle). For the inputs, the researchers worked on the bas...
...s the animal welfare scan, the ration tool, or a tool for calculating the optimal productive age of laying hens. E-learning modules will also be demonstrated.'The Pig, Cattle, and Poultry Data ...
...EMO Multifunctional platform broiler chickens Chickens like to sleep and rest in the heights. Laying hens use a perch for this purpose. For broiler chickens, however, a raised platform is reco...
...demonstrated to the broad livestock farming public.Chickens like to be at a height to rest. For laying hens, perches are provided but broilers have difficulty keeping their balance on these. Wi...