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. 2020 Aug 18;98(Suppl 1):S36–S51. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa145

Table 1.

Overview of studies reviewed, sorted by year

Fracture prevalence Damage prevalence
Authors Year Country Strain Age, wk Rearing system(s) Laying system(s) Min Max Min Max Assessment method Times cited1
Abrahamsson and Tauson 1993 Sweden Mixed 80 Conventional Cage Conventional cage
Furnished cage
12.6 39.8 88
Appleby et al. 1993 UK Brown 71 Floor Conventional cage
Furnished cage
4 43 154
Abrahamsson and Tauson 1995 Sweden White 80 Single-tier
Aviary
Conventional cage
Aviary
4.2 39.9 163
Appleby 1998 UK Brown 38 to 67 Floor Conventional cage
Furnished cage
13 63.5 Palpation 41
Budgell and Silversides 2004 Canada Mixed 77 Floor Conventional cage 0 0.07 Dissection 32
Wilkins et al. 2004 UK 70 Mixed information 38.7 58.7 Dissection 88
Nicol et al. 2006 UK 70 Floor Single-tier 57 58 Dissection 96
Clark et al. 2008 Canada 47 to 65 Conventional cage Conventional cage 0 5.5 Radiography 21
Rodenburg et al. 2008 The Netherlands Mixed 60 to 64 Furnished cage
Floor
Aviary
62 97 Dissection 98
Sherwin et al. 2010 UK 70 Mixed Conventional cage
Furnished cage
Single-tier
17.7 59.8 Dissection 147
Käppeli et al. 2011a Switzerland Mixed 22 to 65 Aviary Floor
Aviary
0 53 Palpation 32
Käppeli et al. 2011b Switzerland Mixed 70 to 71 Mixed 17 27.4 Palpation 50
Wilkins et al. 2011 UK Brown 70 Furnished cage
Floor
Single-tier
32 87 Palpation, dissection 102
Donaldson et al. 2012 UK Brown 20 to 72 Single-tier 10 86.3 Palpation, dissection 27
Habig and Distl 2013 Germany Mixed Mixed Furnished cage 28 Palpation 17
Hester et al. 2013 United States White 71 Conventional cage
Furnished cage
Conventional cage
Furnished cage
82 93 Dissection 52
Nasr et al. 2012 UK Brown 35 to 38 10 20 Palpation 32
Petrik et al. 2013 Canada Brown 68 Single-tier 62 Dissection 15
Tarlton et al. 2013 UK 30 to 70 4 64 Palpation, dissection 44
Bestman and Wagenaar 2014 The Netherlands Mixed 55 Mixed Mixed 21 Palpation 29
Scholz et al. 2014 Germany Mixed 21 Floor Floor 0 0.1 Palpation 13
Petrik et al. 2015 Canada Brown 20 to 65 Conventional cage
Single-tier
Conventional cage
Single-tier
4 63 Palpation 47
Stratmann et al. 2015a Switzerland White 18 to 66 Aviary Aviary 0 90.5 Palpation, dissection 52
Stratmann et al. 2015b Switzerland Mixed 18 to 64 Aviary Aviary 2 38 Palpation 37
Blatchford et al. 2016 United States White 52 to 72 Conventional cage
Aviary
Conventional cage
Furnished cage
Aviary
6 49 Palpation 33
Heerkens et al. 2016a Belgium Mixed 29 to 49 Aviary Single-tier 60 86.5 Palpation 16
Heerkens et al. 2016b Belgium Brown 60 Aviary 82.5 Palpation 22
Hinrichsen et al. 2016 Denmark Mixed 34 to 70 Mixed 3.7 18.7 Palpation 7
Kajlich et al. 2016 United States Mixed 25 to 70 Single-tier
Aviary
29 64.7 10
Riber and Hinrichsen 2016 Denmark Mixed 32 to 62 Single-tier
Aviary
2.9 11.6 Palpation 11
Regmi et al. 2016 United States Mixed 78 Conventional cage
Floor
Mixed 37.3 63 CT 11
Stratmann et al. 2016 Switzerland White 17 to 63 Aviary Aviary 1 37 Palpation 18
Campbell et al. 2017 Australia Brown 20 to 36 Floor Floor 0.8 15.2 Palpation 15
Candelotto et al. 2017 Switzerland Mixed 29 Single-tier 9.0 71 Dissection 6
Casey-Trott et al. 2017a Canada White 16 to 70 Conventional cage
Aviary
Furnished cage 0 73 Palpation 15
Gebhardt-Henrich et al. 20172 Switzerland Mixed 64 to 96 Floor
Aviary
0.06 46 Palpation 3
Grafl et al. 2017 Austria Mixed 75 22.9 25.8 9
Riber and Hinrichsen 2017 Denmark Mixed 32 to 62 Mixed 4.2 9.8 Palpation 5
Stojcic et al. 2017 Serbia Mixed 45 Mixed information 3 39 Palpation 0
Widowski et al. 2017 Canada White 30 to 70 Conventional cage Conventional cage
Furnished cage
12 80 Palpation 9
Buijs et al. 2018 Unknown Brown 75 Aviary 100 Dissection 2
Chargo et al. 20183 United States White 55 to 80 Furnished cage 54.2 97.5 CT 2
Eusemann et al. 2018b Germany White 20 to 35 Floor 0 0.4 Radiography 0
Eusemann et al. 2018a Germany Mixed 35 to 72 Floor Furnished cage
Single-tier
0 100 Radiography 2
Larsen et al. 2018 Australia Brown 44 to 66 Single-tier 45 62 Palpation 3
Regmi et al. 2018 United States White 37 to 68 Aviary 30 92 Palpation 2
Riddle et al. 2018 United States Mixed 28 Floor Aviary 3 9 Palpation 5
Rorvang et al. 2019 Denmark White 32 to 77 Furnished cage 2.4 19.8 Palpation 2
Sirovnik et al. 2018 Switzerland Mixed 29 to 65 Aviary Aviary 25.6 87 Palpation 2

1According to Google Scholar, September 2019.

2Using a subset of data from Käppeli et al. (2011b).

3Published online in 2018.