ADAS Consulting Ltd. -Gleadthorpe Poultry Research Centre
ADAS offers an independent and comprehensive range of business and technical services, delivered through multi-skilled teams to match the individual requirements of their customers. ADAS carries out a wide range of R & D projects for national and international clients.
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ADAS UK Ltd. is the UK’s largest provider of environmental and rural solutions and policy advice and offers an independent and comprehensive range of business and technical services, delivered through multi-skilled teams. ADAS carries out a wide range of R & D projects for national and international clients. ADAS Gleadthorpe has poultry research facilities for approximately 30,000 birds. Their poultry research portfolio covers a diversity of subject areas, from nutrition and welfare to environmental impact and new product appraisal. The Poultry Research Team currently comprises 15 people. ADAS has wide experience of applied poultry systems research and in particular has carried out the largest scale research on enriched cages in the UK over the last few years. ADAS also has considerable experience of multi-partner research.
Mr. H.A. Elson is international poultry systems specialist with expertise in all aspects of poultry systems, equipment and bird welfare. He is an acknowledged world expert in laying cages (both unfurnished and furnished), alternative egg production systems and broiler feeder and drinker design. He acts as project consultant for ADAS and provide specialist advice on housing systems and EC legislation. He has close contacts with both research and commercial farms with alternative housing systems for laying hens (including enriched cages), both in the UK and abroad.
(Email: arnold.elson@adas.co.uk)
Dr. Heleen van de Weerd is a biologist, specialised in the study of the behaviour of animals. She has 15 years of experience in this field. Her work has focussed on policy related welfare research in the area of housing and welfare of laboratory animals and farm animals, including pigs, poultry and horses. She has been involved in projects on furnished cages and a project investigating an alternative method to beak trimming in laying hens. She represents the UK as a member of WPSA’s working group no. 9 on poultry welfare and management.
(E:mail: Heleen.Vandeweerd@adas.co.uk)
Arnold and Heleen shared the leadership of WP6 in the LayWel project. Heleen co-ordinated the collection and exchange of data between partners in the LayWel project.