New study part of two-year project to advance broiler welfare
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods’ animal welfare research team recently embarked on a study that leveraged animal preference to test which environmental enrichments its broiler chickens prefer.
The project is among the many underway at Tyson Foods’ Broiler Welfare Research Farm (BWRF), a state-of-the-art four-house commercial broiler farm that allows the company’s Office of Animal Welfare and its research partners to scientifically evaluate and understand how welfare practices can impact broiler behavior and welfare outcomes in a commercial setting. The BWRF, which opened. . .