Dr. Ron DeHaven, AVMA CEO, on New Animal Welfare Study on Hen Housing

Dr. Ron DeHaven, Chief Executive Officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association, announces that the AVMA is a coalition partner with McDonald’s to help study housing techniques for egg-producing hens. The goal of the study is to understand the viability of alternate housing systems, including cage-free and “enriched housing,” which includes nests and perches, as well as the housing environments used by McDonald’s current supply system in the U.S.

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