Posted on 10/05/2008 5:49:36 PM PDT by Entrepreneur
Studies in the U.S. and Europe show salmonella rates at 25% in caged hens (30,000 birds to a house) as opposed to 6.4% in cage-free hens. Some hen operations in the U.S. house over 500,000 birds in one building. The rate of disease will actually drop with the passing of Prop 2.
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