Poultry Research - Organic Production

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

Breed Selection

• The effect of breed and feed-type on the sensory profile of breast meat in male broilers reared in an organic free-range system
• Using rare breeds in organic farming systems

Disease and Parasite Management

• NEW!! Helminth infections in laying hens kept in organic free range systems in Germany
• 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
• Lower Prevalence of Antibiotic-resistant Enterococci On U.S. Conventional Poultry Farms That Transitioned to Organic Practices
• Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of thermophilic Campylobacter in organic and conventional broiler flocks
• Prevalence and distribution of Salmonella in organic and conventional broiler poultry farms
• Prevalence of Helicobacter pullorum in Conventional, Organic, and Free-Range Broilers and Typing of Isolates
  
  

Egg Production

• NEW!! Organic and free-range egg production
• Ecological and economic evaluation of Dutch egg production systems

Feed

• The effect of breed and feed-type on the sensory profile of breast meat in male broilers reared in an organic free-range system
• Ethics of feeding: The omnivore dilemma
• Functional and organic eggs as an alternative to conventional production: a conjoint analysis of consumers' preferences
• Production and egg quality in layers fed organic diets with mussel meal

Foraging and Pasture Management

• Assessment of a global positioning system to evaluate activities of organic chickens at pasture
• Developing a welfare assessment system for use in commercial organic egg production
• The effects of four types of enrichment on feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens housed in barren environments
• 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
• Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens
• What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference

Meat Quality

• Consumers’ willingness to pay for organic chicken breast: Evidence from choice experiment
• Effect of Conventional versus Organic Method of Production on the Broiler Carcass and Meat Quality (PDF, 789 kb)
• The effect of information on consumers' willingness to pay for natural and organic chicken
• Effect of Organic Poultry Purchase Frequency on Consumer Attitudes Toward Organic Poultry Meat
• Organic poultry: Consumer perceptions, opportunities, and regulatory issues
• Sensory profiles of breast meat from broilers reared in an organic niche production system and conventional standard broilers
• Strategies to improve performance and reduce preslaughter Salmonella in organic broilers

en français