Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems' Welfare
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Practice abstracts and factsheets!
Twenty-four practice abstracts in the EIP Agri format based on PPILOW research will be produced. These will include practice abstracts on scenarios in partners’ countries, each produced in English and the national language. A “practice abstract” is a short summary which describes a main information/recommendation/practice that can be used by the end-users in their daily […]
Four positions for broiler chicken welfare researchers!
UGent University & Poulpharm are recruiting 4 broiler welfare researchers on the WISH project (Welfare Improving monitoring Solutions for cHickens). The project will start on 1st March 2022. Deadline for application: 28th January 2022. For more details read the job vacancies.
Contribute to the Public consultation of the EC on Animal Welfare!
The European Commission has launched a public consultation in relation to the revision of the Animal Welfare legislation planned to be completed by the end of 2023. You can consult the first results of the Inception impact assessment and provide your feedback by following this link and filling the EC survey before the 21st of January, 2022.
Video: Current PPILOW experiments for improving poultry welfare!
PPILOW project has realized a video to present the first experiments carried out by some partners. The video highlights the concept of “welfare” in extensive poultry systems. Enjoy the video to know more!
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PPILOW Italian meeting, 15th December 2021!
The Italian preliminary-PPILOW meeting “Innovative strategies to promote the welfare and products quality of extensive chickens: environmental enrichment and role of genetic strain” will be held on 15th December 2021 at OSCARD BUSINESS CENTER BOLOGNA, SALA XL, Spazio Business Center, via Boldrini 18/A, Bologna. The meeting will propose innovative strategies to improve the welfare of […]
PPILOW’s People: Marlène Sciarretta!
Hi! I’m Marlène, I work at EAAP, the European Federation of Animal Science, based in Rome. I am an EU project manager with a background in political sciences (international field) and an MA in European Studies earned in Belgium. After a traineeship at the Council of the European Union, I worked for international governmental bodies and private sector […]
PPILOW’s People: Yegor Kozhemyakin!
Research as part of a PPILOW project is definitely not easy. On the one hand it is constant and painstaking work on part of a huge project and as part of a huge team working on improving the life cycle of animals in agro-industries such as poultry and pigs, on the other hand it is […]
PPILOW’s People: Simona Mattioli!
I’m Simona Mattioli, I was born in 1986 in San Benedetto del Tronto-Italy. I graduated in Biology at the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2010. After the PhD period carried out at Insubria University (Varese, Italy; 2014) on Avian Biodiversity, I became full researcher at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences of the […]
PIGLOW – Pig Welfare Application!
One of the aims of the PPILOW project is to develop tools for organic and free-range farmers to monitor the welfare of their own animals. For this purpose, the PIGLOW app was developed for pig farmers. With this app, pig farmers can conduct welfare assessments of their animals and view their results, which include automated […]