Animal category: Poultry

8th annual report on political commitment, performance and provision of information relating to animal welfare in 150 international agri-food companies.

Activity Review of the European COST programme "GroupHouseNet", aimed at reducing the incidence of harmful behaviour in animals kept in groups by refining genetic selection methods and developing breeding innovations to improve living conditions at the beginning and end of the animal's life.

Question concerning measures to avoid shocking practices such as those exposed by L214 at the Domaine de Lapeyrouse production laboratories, and call for an increase in unannounced inspections of these production laboratories.

A review of traditional and new precautionary methods currently used in livestock farming, of their success and of the future of this field in the new era of digital agriculture.

Study of the effects of maternal stress on the behaviour of different strains of laying hens and of the role of corticosterone as a mediator

Evaluation of the horizontal transmission of infection and the invasion of internal organs following experimental infection by S. Enteritidis and S. Kentucky of laying hens in cage-free indoor housing, and examination of the role and impact of poultry liponysses on the performance, welfare and egg safety of laying hens in a cage-free environment.

Question on the import of frozen livers for foie gras from the Ukraine to member countries

Question on the pathological and anti-welfare nature of force-feeding

Question as to whether the Minister of Agriculture intends to set a deadline for the ban on the rearing of laying hens in France

Question on the progress of the labelling of products of animal origin in the EU