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| Hinrichsen, Lena Karina. |
| The consumers’ motivation to buy organic products includes animal welfare aspects, and even though the retail market share for organic eggs in Denmark is relative high, there are a number of welfare issues in the organic egg production compared to other production systems, like higher mortality and prevalence of helminth infections, that are not in agreement with the consumers’ expectation. The aim of this PhD study was to investigate animal welfare in organic egg production in Denmark, with emphasis on mortality and helminth infections. The specific hypothesis in the PhD study were i) helminth infections (Ascaridia galli and Heterakis sp.) increase the mortality rate at peak of lay (observational event study, Paper I), ii) helminth infections (Ascaridia... |
| Tipo: Thesis |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28857/7/28857.pdf |
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| Hinrichsen, Lena Karina. |
| Modern organic agriculture is a concept, that have evolved since the 1920s, when the first pioneers of organic agriculture (Rudolf Steiner, Robert McCarrison and Sir Albert Howard), expressed their concern about the use of inorganic fertiliser in agriculture, and faced a turning point with the publication of “Silent spring” by Rachel Carson in 1962 (Kristiansen & Merfield, 2006). The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) was founded in 1972 (IFOAM, 2010), and has formulated four key principles on which organic agriculture build upon: Health, Ecology, Fairness and Care (IFOAM, 2005). These principles should be adopted world-wide, inspire the organic movement (IFOAM, 2005) and ensure that the organic production are adapted to... |
| Tipo: Other |
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/17319/1/17319.pdf |
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