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Advances in Poultry Welfare

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Advances in Poultry Welfare provides a targeted overview of contemporary developments in poultry welfare. The reviews in the volume address topical issues related to poultry welfare research and assessment, with a focus on identifying practical strategies for improvement as well as information gaps that remain to be filled. Part One provides an introduction to poultry production systems and gives a broad overview of current poultry welfare issues…

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Advances in Poultry Welfare provides a targeted overview of contemporary developments in poultry welfare. The reviews in the volume address topical issues related to poultry welfare research and assessment, with a focus on identifying practical strategies for improvement as well as information gaps that remain to be filled. Part One provides an introduction to poultry production systems and gives a broad overview of current poultry welfare issues. Part Two moves on to review several aspects of poultry management, focusing on hatchery practices, early rearing, and slaughter. Part Three deals with welfare assessment on the farm, while Part Four explores continuing challenges, such as feather pecking and skeletal problems.406 p.

Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition

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Authors expertises affiliations

  • Joy A. Mench, Editor. Professor Emeritus, Animal welfare consultant to various food system stakeholders. Department of Animal Welfare, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (USA).
  • Publication date (digital version): 2017-11 – Woodhead Publishing.

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30 July 2024

The conventional production systems have the potential to influence poultry welfare in both positive and negative ways. For example, the battery cage for egg-laying hens is perhaps the oldest of the intensive animal farming systems still in widespread use today. However, the concern regarding conventional cages is that behavioral restriction is inherent to the system and hens are prevented from expressing highly motivated behaviors for their entire laying lifespan. Non-cage systems enable the expression of a more diverse array of ancestral behavior patterns, with the greatest behavioral diversity occurring in free-range systems.

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