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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68

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Animals as Raw Material

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At Clemson University, such products are being tested at the South Carolina school's Animal Co-Products Research & Education Center, says center Director Annel Greene. Tags: morbid thoughts. Greene says there are a number of uses for the leftover materials that have yet to be discovered.

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