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Living Conditions

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Do Free Range Chickens Lay Fewer Eggs?
This study examined the effects of allowing chickens used for their eggs space to move in a manner considered to be "free-range." The levels of their egg production was monitored; authors found that allowing chickens access to the outdoors and space to move resulted in a lower egg yield.  READ MORE

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Poor Living Conditions Cause Disease For Pigs
This study of 147 pig farms in England was undertaken to determine what factors influence Post Weaning Multi-systemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS). The study found that the living conditions of pigs is tied to the likelihood they will contract the disease.  READ MORE

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Impact Of Acute Clinical Mastitis On Cow Behavior
Observation of six cows with acute endotoxin mastitis and analysis of milk samples from each, led a team of researchers to conclude that cows do not exhibit typical sickness behavior like lying down. Instead, when inflicted with this condition, the cows spent less time lying down and more time eating silage. These cows also ruminated less frequently and drank less when the udder was significantly swollen, leading researchers to conclude that pain in the udder overrides the "motivational state" of the cow's illness behavior. READ MORE
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