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Groups like the American Veterinary Medical Association support these modern egg-laying housing systems. The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure.

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Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed. To the Editor: The American Veterinary Medical Association urges California voters to think twice before voting on Proposition 2. Ron DeHaven Chief Executive American Veterinary Medical Association Schaumburg, Ill., Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention.

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June 29, 2007 The writer, a law professor, collaborated with Dr. Miller on a published article in Nature Biotechnology and on a book chapter several years before the published article in Nature Biotechnology. These added years will extend the time their bodies deal with adult hormones. Choosing rBST is one such sensible choice.