

Marking International Chicken Day: Why Broiler Welfare Matters
May 4th was International Respect for Chicken Day, a day for reflecting on the world’s most farmed terrestrial animal — the chicken.
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May 4th was International Respect for Chicken Day, a day for reflecting on the world’s most farmed terrestrial animal — the chicken.
Over the past year, partners of the aWISH project from Utrecht University (Netherlands), ILVO (Belgium), VetMedUni (Austria), and CLK GmbH (Germany) have been working closely with colleagues from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada).
On January 24, 2025, aWISH hosted an external webinar titled “Animal Welfare Labelling in
the EU.”
From 9–11 April, the EAAP (European Federation of Animal Science) held its regional conference in Krakow, Poland, hosted by the Agricultural University
On March 25th, seven projects gathered in Berlin, Germany, for a Cluster event focused on data re-use and stakeholder needs in animal health surveillance, hosted by the DECIDE project
On March 18th, the ILVO Animal Sciences Unit had the honor of welcoming Professor Marina von Keyserlingk, a globally recognized expert in animal welfare and behavior in livestock.
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