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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission related to the welfare aspects of various systems of keeping laying hens
- Panel members: Bo Algers; Harry J. Blokhuis; Donald Maurice Broom; Ilaria Capua; Stefano Cinotti; Michael Gunn; Jörg Hartung; Per Have; Javier Manteca Vilanova; David B. Morton; Michel Pépin, Dirk Udo Pfeiffer; Ronald John Roberts; José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaino; Alejandro Schudel; James Michael Sharp; Georgios Theodoropoulos; Philippe Vannier; Marina Verga; Martin Wierup, Marion Wooldridge; Herbert Budka, Sava Buncic, Pierre Colin, John D. Collins, Christian Ducrot, James Hope, Mac Johnston, Günter Klein, Hilde Kruse, Ernst Lücker, Simone Magnino, Antonio Martinez López, Riitta Liisa Maijala, Christophe Nguyen-Thé, Birgit Noerrung, Servé Notermans, George-John Nychas, Maurice Pensaert, Terence Roberts, Ivar Vågsholm, Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch, Jan Alexander, Herman Autrup, Denis Bard, Angelo Carere, Lucio Guido Costa, Jean-Pierre Cravedi, Alessandro Di Domenico, Roberto Fanelli, Johanna Fink- Gremmels, John Gilbert, Philippe Grandjean, Niklas Johansson, Agneta Oskarsson, Andrew Renwick, Jirí Ruprich, Josef Schlatter, Greet Schoeters, Dieter Schrenk, Rolaf van Leeuwen, Philippe Verger.
- Acknowledgement: The Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare wishes to thank the members of the Working Group on Laying Hens: Ricardo Cepero, Pierrre Colin, Arnold Elson, Linda Keeling, Virginie Michel, Christine Nicol, Thea Fiks van Niekerk, Hans Oester and Ragnar Tauson for the preparation of the Scientific Report, which has been used as the basis of this Scientific Opinion. The AHAW Panel also wants to appreciate the collaboration of R. Cepero, P. Colin, Prof. C.A. Kan, Dr. P. Fürst and Dr. R. van Leeuwen for they contributions on the chapter on Food safety affected by different production systems of the Scientific Report. Panel member Professor Harry Blokhuis is also member and the Chairman of the Working Group.
- Adoption date: 10 November 2004
- Published date: 7 March 2005
- Question number: EFSA-Q-2003-092
