Risks and opportunities of increasing yields in organic farming. A review

E Röös, A Mie, M Wivstad, E Salomon… - Agronomy for …, 2018 - Springer
Current organic agriculture performs well in several sustainability domains, like animal
welfare, farm profitability and low pesticide use, but yields are commonly lower than in …

Nutrition, feeding and laying hen welfare

WL Bryden, X Li, I Ruhnke, D Zhang… - Animal Production …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
The relationship between nutrition and welfare is usually considered to be a direct result of
supplying the hen with adequate quantities of feed and water. This simple notion of freedom …

How are they really doing? Animal welfare on organic laying hen farms in terms of health and behaviour

L Göransson, S Abeyesinghe, J Yngvesson… - British Poultry …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The present study describes the current welfare situation on commercial organic laying hen
farms in Sweden in terms of indoor environment, bird health and behaviour. 2. Organic …

Biorefined organic grass-clover protein concentrate for growing pigs: effect on growth performance and meat fatty acid profile

L Stødkilde, M Ambye-Jensen, SK Jensen - Animal Feed Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of the study was to extract protein from organic grass-clover in a green
biorefining process and perform a dose-response feeding experiment with pigs on feed …

[HTML][HTML] Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in commercial organic eggs via fishmeal in feed

K Granby, BK Ersbøll, PT Olesen, T Christensen… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Chicken eggs can be a significant source of human PFAS exposure. A survey of PFAS in
commercial eggs from larger farms across Denmark showed the absence or low contents of …

Husbandry conditions and welfare outcomes in organic egg production in eight European countries

L Jung, C Brenninkmeyer, K Niebuhr, M Bestman… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary An important challenge for the further development of organic egg
production is to reach and maintain a high level of animal welfare. In a European research …

Effect of Irrigation, Nitrogen Fertilization and Amino Acid Biostimulant on Proximate Composition and Energy Value of Pisum sativum L. Seeds

W Biel, C Podsiadło, R Witkowicz, J Kępińska-Pacelik… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study investigated the impact of biological and agricultural conditions on the chemical
composition and energy value of pea seeds for poultry feed. In the experiment, the species …

Biorefined grass‐clover protein composition and effect on organic broiler performance and meat fatty acid profile

L Stødkilde, M Ambye‐Jensen… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protein extracted from green biomass can be a sustainable and valuable feed component
for organic poultry production. Earlier studies in rats have shown high digestibility of …

Hotspot analysis for organic laying hen husbandry—identification of sustainability problems as potential risk points to lose consumers' trust

E Bayer, M von Meyer-Höfer, S Kühl - Organic Agriculture, 2023 - Springer
Over the last decade, there has been growing societal concern about the welfare of farmed
animals. Although organic agriculture provides higher living standards, there are still critical …

[HTML][HTML] Linking key husbandry factors to the intrinsic quality of broiler meat

J Marchewka, P Sztandarski, M Solka, H Louton… - Poultry science, 2023 - Elsevier
Broiler farming is the fastest-growing animal production sector and broiler meat is the
second most-consumed meat in the world. The intensification of broiler production often has …