#breeding

arnica407@diasp.org

The majority of laying hens in Denmark suffer from keel bone fractures

#genetics #torture #breeding #animalwelfare

Painful fractures: Large eggs push small hens to the breaking point, study finds

The researchers behind the new study call it a huge global problem for animal welfare.

"We see these types of fractures in all production systems. That is, regardless of whether the hens are kept in cages, or they are organic or barn or free-range hens. In other words, it is a widespread problem in all parts of the industry," says Jens Peter Christensen.

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#ThisWeekInPictures: Oct. 14 - 21 by NBC News
Battle for Mosul begins, presidential candidates have a laugh at dinner, a pygmy anteater makes its debut, and more.

14 PHOTOS


1. #Iraqi #soldiers #walk on a #road as #smoke billows from the #Qayyarah #area, about 35 miles south of #Mosul, on Oct. 19, 2016, during an #operation against #ISIL to retake the main hub #city. In the biggest Iraqi #military operation in years, #forces have retaken dozens of #villages, mostly south and east of Mosul, and are planning multiple #assaults for October 20.
YASIN AKGUL / AFP - Getty Images



2. #Commuters are #dressed in #black and #white or #dark colored #clothing mourning the #death of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej during the #morning rush hour at a #station in #Bangkok on Oct. 17.
ISSEI KATO / Reuters



3. 89th Airlift Wing Vice Commander Col. Christopher M. Thompson loses his hat with the blast from #Air #Force #One, with #President Barack #Obama aboard, as it departs from #Andrews Air Force #Base, Md. on Oct. 20 en route to #Miami to encourage #people to sign up for #health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act during an upcoming enrollment period.
Jose Luis Magana / AP



4. A #street #vendor selling #paintings #drinks hot #tea while waiting for #customers on a #sidewalk in central #Lviv, #Ukraine on Oct. 20.
GLEB GARANICH / Reuters



5. #Democratic presidential #candidate Hillary #Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, #Archbishop of #NewYork, and #Republican presidential candidate Donald #Trump share a laugh during the Alfred E. Smith #Memorial #Foundation #dinner on Oct. 20 in New York.
Evan Vucci / AP



6. A #Ukrainian #serviceman #fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled #gun during #military #exercises near the #village of #Divychky in #Kiev #region, #Ukraine on Oct. 21.
VALENTYN OGIRENKO / Reuters



7. North #Korean #traffic #police #women chat next to a #residential #building while off duty on Oct. 18, 2016, in #Pyongyang, North #Korea.
Wong Maye-E / AP



8. A vet holds a #pygmy anteater, also known as a #silky #anteater, at the #Huachipa #Zoo, on the outskirts of #Lima, #Peru on Oct. 19. The zoo presented on Wednesday three anteater #species: #giant #bears, #tamanduas, and #pygmies, during an #event to promote their pair of silky #anteaters, who just turned 11 years old. The zoo is preparing a #breeding #program of this #rare species, that does not exceed 13 cm.
Martin Mejia / AP



9. Newly displaced #people wait to receive #food #supplies at a #processing center for displaced people In #Qayyara, south of #Mosul, #Iraq on Oct. 21.
ZOHRA BENSEMRA / Reuters



10. #Soldiers of the #Sudan #People #Liberation #Army ( #SPLA ) #celebrate while standing in #trenches in #Lelo, outside #Malakal, northern South #Sudan, on Oct. 16. Heavy #fighting #broke out on October 14 between the #government's SPLA and #opposition #forces in #Wajwok and Lalo #villages, outside Malakal. SPLA #commanders claim they succeeded to keep their positions and assure their #forces just responded "on self #defence".
ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN / AFP - Getty Images



11. #Smoke rises from a #building after #shelling in the #rebel held besieged #town of #Douma, eastern #Ghouta in #Damascus, #Syria on Oct. 19.
BASSAM KHABIEH / Reuters



12. #Migrants are seen during #rescue #operation in the #Mediterranea #Sea on Oct. 20.
Yara Nardi / Italian Red Cross via Reuters



13. #Members of an #evangelic #church attend church #damaged by #Hurricane #Matthew, in the commune of #Roche-a-Bateaux, in #LesCayes, #Haiti, on Oct. 16. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced distress at the "absolute #devastation" caused by the deadly hurricane in Haiti, and disappointment at the little #emergency #aid reaching the struggling #nation.
HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP - Getty Images



14. The #Orbital #ATK #Antares #rocket, with the #Cygnus #spacecraft onboard stands on launch Pad-0A during sunrise at #NASA's #Wallops #Flight #Facility on Oct. 16 in Wallops #Island, #Virginia. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted #cargo resupply #mission with NASA to the #ISS will deliver over 5,100 pounds of #science and #research, #crew supplies and #vehicle #hardware to the orbital #laboratory and its crew.
Bill Ingalls/NASA / NASA via Getty Images

#image #photo #picture #pictures #foto #photography #photograph