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Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens
- Subjects: Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
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- Contributors:
- Andrew Knight ,
- Jenny Mace
- broiler chicken
- meat chicken
- chicken behaviour
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/ani12212988
Over 70 billion chickens are slaughtered globally each year. Almost all are meat breeds, typically housed in very large barns with a litter floor. Recently however, modern cage systems have been developed which provide very limited space and stack several tiers high. What are the implications for chicken welfare?
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Knight, A.; Mace, J. Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480 (accessed on 10 January 2026).
Knight A, Mace J. Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480. Accessed January 10, 2026.
Knight, Andrew, Jenny Mace. "Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480 (accessed January 10, 2026).
Knight, A., & Mace, J. (2022, November 15). Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480
Knight, Andrew and Jenny Mace. "Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens." Encyclopedia. Web. 15 November, 2022.
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