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Dual purpose chickens economic feasibility

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The production of eggs and poultry meat is specialized. There are genotypes for egg production and for meat. The males of layer breeds are in general killed as one-day-olds. Killing such young animals raises ethical questions. A dual-purpose chicken, suited for both the production of eggs and meat, would prevent the killing of day-old males. The conclusion of this report is, that dual-purpose chickens might serve a niche market, but a total shift to dual purpose chickens, to solve the problem of killing day-old males, is with regard to the environmental burden and economics not feasible.
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S8 - Economics, Marketing Dual Purpose Chickens, Exploration of Technical, Environmental and Economical Feasibility F. Leenstra 1 , P. Horne, van 2 , M. Krimpen, van 1 1 Livestock Research, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, 2 LEI, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands XIIIth European Poultry Conference
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Page 1: Dual purpose chickens economic feasibility

S8 - Economics, Marketing (193-118)

Dual Purpose Chickens, Exploration of Technical, Environmental and Economical Feasibility

F. Leenstra 1, P. Horne, van 2, M. Krimpen, van 1

1 Livestock Research, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, 2 LEI, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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