Poultry Research - Organic Production

• Breed Selection
• Disease and Parasite Management
• Feed
• Foraging and Pasture Management
• Meat Quality
• Welfare

Breed Selection

• Using rare breeds in organic farming systems

Disease and Parasite Management

• Effect of conventional and organic production practices on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in poultry
• European Union Integrated Project "Quality Low Input Food"
  • Livestock production systems (PDF, 414 kb) 2009
• Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of thermophilic Campylobacter in organic and conventional broiler flocks

Feed

• NEW!! Ethics of feeding: The omnivore dilemma

Foraging and Pasture Management

• NEW!! Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens
• Increased foraging in organic layers
• Integration of organic animal production into land use with special reference to swine and poultry
• How to motivate laying hens to use the hen run?
• New Production Systems: Evaluation of Organic Broiler Production in Denmark
• Organic broilers in floorless pens on pasture
• Poultry Manure & Compost Resource Stewardship Practices on the Fraser River Delta
• Use of the range area in organic egg production systems: effect of climatic factors, flock size, age and artificial cover
• What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference

Meat Quality

• NEW!! Organic poultry: Consumer perceptions, opportunities, and regulatory issues
• Effect of Conventional versus Organic Method of Production on the Broiler Carcass and Meat Quality (PDF, 789 kb)

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