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. 2015 Dec 22;6(1):1. doi: 10.3390/ani6010001

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Importance of hen welfare and health as criteria for choosing a new housing system (n = 96). Respondents were asked to divide 100 points over 10 reasons, giving more points to the more important reasons. Only the results for welfare and health are shown here; for more results, see [26]. † indicates a trend towards a significant difference in importance of welfare (p = 0.057) between cage and non-cage systems. FC = furnished cages, CO = colony cages, FH = floor housing, FH + FR = floor housing + free-range access, AV = aviary, AV + FR = aviary + free-range access.