Daimer, 2009 – Oil-in-water emulsion properties of egg yolk: Effect of enzymatic modification by phospholipase A2
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Vinnari, 2012 – Sustainability of Diets: From concepts to governance
The production of food from consumption produces enviromental stress and raises ethical issues. As humans are able to choose differnet food stuffs in their diets food consumption guidance may have large benefits for the enviroment. Meat consumption id often identified as the most enviromentally harmful foodstuff to produce and animal welfare and rights issues are …
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Chadwick, 2011 – Manure Management: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions
Slurry, farmyard manure and poultry manure are inevitable consequences of livestock prodects generated from housed animals. These manures are recycled …
Weeks, 2012 – Levels of mortality in hens by end of lay on farm and in transit to slaughter in Great Britain
The average mortality for end of lay hens dead on arrival (DOA) was 0.27 per cent (median 0.15 per cent) in a survey of 13.3 million hens transported during 2009. A statistical model of the data indicated main risk factors for DOA to be slaughter plant, distance travelled and external air temperature, with longer journeys …
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Thompson, 2011 – Emerging Issues: Social Sustainability of Egg Production Symposium: Values and public acceptability dimensions of sustainable egg production
The attributes of egg production that elicitvalues-based responses include the price and availability of eggs, environmental impacts, food safety or health concerns, and animal welfare. Different social groups have distinct interests regarding the sustainability of egg production that reflect these diverse values. Current scientifically based knowledge about how values and attitudes in these groups can …
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Swanson, 2011 – Integration: Valuing stakeholder input in setting priorities for socially sustainable egg production
Setting directions and goals for animal production systems requires the integration of information achieved through internal and external processes. The …
Godfray, 2010 – Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People
Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 …
Vergé, 2009 – Long-term trends in greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian poultry industry.
As people become more aware of the environmental footprint of different foods, consumers may modify their diets to reduce the …
Oxenboll, 2011 – Use of a Protease in Poultry Feed Offers Promising Environmental Benefits
Enzymes are widely used in feed to improve utilization of nutrients and it is generally acknowledged that phytases, by improving …
Wu-Haan, 2007 – Effect of an Acidifying Diet Combined with Zeolite and Slight Protein Reduction on Air Emissions from Laying Hens of Different Ages
The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of a reduced-emission (RE) diet containing 6.9% of a CaSO4-zeolite …
Jones, 2011 – Comparison of environmental and egg microbiology associated with conventional and free-range laying hen management
Dewaele, 2012 – Persistent Salmonella Enteritidis environmental contamination on layer farms in the context of an implemented national control program with obligatory vaccination
The aim of this study was to closely examine the Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis environmental contamination on persistently positive layer …
Gentle, 2011 – Pain issues in poultry
This review highlights the possible pain experienced by layer and broiler poultry in modern husbandry conditions. Receptors which respond to noxous stimulation (nociceptors) have been identified and physiologically characterised in many different part of the body of the chicken including the beak, mouth, nose, joint capsule and scaly skin. Stimulation of these nociceptors produces cardiovascular …
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Sossidou, 2011 – Pasture-based systems for poultry production: implications and perspectives
The use of pasture-based systems for poultry production is growing due to consumer demand for specialty ‘natural’ and ‘welfare-friendly’ meat and eggs. This paper discusses the various meanings of the term ‘pastured poultry’ and defines the different pasture-based poultry production systems. Considerations of poultry welfare standards provided through the specific system are also discussed. Production …
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Pelletier, 2010 – Forecasting potential global environmental costs of livestock production 2000
Food systems—in particular, livestock production—are key drivers of environmental change. Here, we compare the contributions of the global livestock sector …
Pelletier, 2010 – Forecasting potential global environmental costs of livestock production 2000–2050
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McMichael, 2007 – Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, and health
Food provides energy and nutrients, but its acquisition requires energy expenditure. In post-hunter-gatherer societies, extra-somatic energy has greatly expanded and …
Leinonen, 2012 – Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the United Kingdom through a life cycle assessment: Egg production systems
The aim of this study was to apply a life cycle assessment (LCA) method, from cradle to gate, to quantify the environmental burdens per 1,000 kg of eggs produced in the 4 major hen-egg production systems in the United Kingdom: 1) cage, 2) barn, 3) free range, and 4) organic. The analysis was based on …
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