"In this lesson students will examine the welfare and ethical issues concerned with rearing chickens for meat as an example of selective breeding and intensive farming. It should ideally be followed by Designing a chicken welfare experiment."
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Designing a chicken welfare experiment
Examine the reasons for selective breeding of chickens for meat and learn how extreme selection for specific traits can cause unnecessary suffering.
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