Broiler platform shows promising results
...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...
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Discover these live demos during the ILVO Agritech Day
...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...
ILVO at Agridagen2024 in Ravels with two hall events and with new research projects
...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 ...
Which farm animals live off more human edible protein than they consume? Edible protein efficiency of Belgian livestock systems calculated for the first time
... 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...
Pilot project to support the transition to cage-free systems for laying hens in the EU
... 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...
Pilot project to support the transition to cage-free housing systems for laying hens in Europe
...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 ...
Improving biosecurity in the poultry sector
Renewable energy tech for livestock production
ChickenStress European Training Network (ETN)
First large-scale AGROECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM launched in Flanders
...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...
ILVO conducts algae feeding trials on broilers and laying hens for the first time
...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...
Europe is aiming for an ambitious combination of better productivity and animal welfare.
...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,...
Improved methodology for detection of antibiotic residues in milk and meat
Research towards the valorization of seaweed and microalgae as food on the European market
...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...