Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems' Welfare
Video
A specific PPILOW YouTube channel has been set up to disseminate activities and key project outcomes.
1. Current PPILOW experiments for improving poultry welfare!
PPILOW project has realized a video to present the first experiments carried out by some partners. The video highlights the concept of “welfare” in extensive poultry systems and has provided with subtitles in the following languages: English, French, Italian, Dutch and German! Enjoy the video to know more and choose the language you prefer!
2. Electricity generation in dual use with agricolture – that’s how it can work!
Dual purpose poultry genotypes are an alternative to culling of day-old male chicks of layer lines! As part of the PPILOW project, three newly developed dual purpose genotypes are tested under organic conditions. Both male and female birds were raised and evaluated for performance characteristics, animal welfare and behaviour. The project was presented by Thuenen at the organic field days 2022 in Germany. To know more watch this interesting video (in German)!