Deliverables
WP 1: Laying hen welfare: definition and indicators
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| Report with consensual version of welfare definition and welfare indicators |  |
WP 2: Description of housing systems for laying hens
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| 2.3 Description of housing for laying hens |
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WP 3: Health
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| 3.1-3.3 Health |
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WP 4: Behaviour
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| 4.1 Literature review on bird preferences |
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| 4.2 Report on prevalence of feather pecking in various production systems |
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| 4.3a Report on substrate needs and preferences |
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| 4.3b Substrate preferences in chickens selected for and against feather pecking behaviour |
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| 4.4 Definitions of behavioural indicators for evaluating substrate quality |
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| 4.5 Evaluation of litter quality in various housing systems |
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| 4.6 Behavioural function of production systems for laying hens |
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| 4.7 Final chapter on behaviour |
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WP 5: Physiological stress indicators
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| 5.4 Physiology and stress indicators (final report) |
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| 5.4 Physiology and stress indicators Annexes (final report) |
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WP 6: Productivity and Egg quality
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| 6.2 Report on production and egg quailty |
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WP 7: Integrated welfare assessment
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| 7.1 Overall strengths and weaknesses of each defined housing system for laying hens, and detailing the overall welfare impact of each housing system |
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| 7.2 Manual that can be used to audit the welfare of laying hens at a farm level in whatever housing system they are held |
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