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Welfare of the laying hen /

This book contains 32 edited papers from the 27th Poultry Science Symposium of the World's Poultry Science Association (UK) held in Bristol, UK, in July 2003. Topics covered include: welfare issues, perception and cognition; behaviour, health and disease, stockmanship and the environment; handl...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
Series:Poultry science symposium ; no. 27.
Subjects:
Hens > Congresses.
Poultry > Congresses.
Animal Slaughter.
Animal Behaviour.
Animal Health and Hygiene (General)
Animal Welfare.
Fowls.
Animal behaviour.
Animal health.
Animal welfare.
Behaviour.
Environment.
Handling.
Poultry.
Slaughter.
Transport of animals.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The importance of welfare / J.K. Kirkwood
  • Hen welfare : consumers' perspective / P.A.W. Parrott
  • Government views on the welfare of laying hens / D.G. Pritchard
  • The politics of hen welfare / D. Wilkins
  • Impact of the World Trade Organization on hen welfare / D. Bowles
  • The food retailer-consumer relationship, with particular reference to animal welfare / R. Layton
  • Quality assurance / J. Gittins
  • The producer and hen welfare / A. Jorêt
  • The laying hen : systems of egg production / A. Elson
  • Stress and the welfare of laying hens / J.P. Thaxton
  • Genetic influences on resource use, fear and sociality / J.-M. Faure and R.B. Jones
  • The genetics of feather pecking and cannibalism / J.B. Kjaer and P.M. Hocking
  • Breeding for productivity and welfare of laying hens / W.M. Muir and H.-W. Cheng
  • Sensory perception : chemoreception / D.E.F. McKeegan
  • Vision in the laying hen / N.B. Prescott, J.R. Jarvis and C.M. Wathes
  • Pain and the laying hen / M. Gentle and S. Wilson
  • Chicken cognition / C.J. Nicol
  • Social space for laying hens / J.J. Cooper and M.J. Albentosa
  • Nesting, perching and dustbathing / L.J. Keeling
  • Environmental enrichment : the need for practical strategies to improve poultry welfare / R.B. Jones
  • Feather pecking and feather loss / T.B. Rodenburg and P. Koene
  • Cannibalism / R.C. Newberry
  • Skeletal disorders in laying hens : the problem of osteoporosis and bone fractures / C.C. Whitehead
  • Disease control / D. Shingleton
  • Environmental management for laying hens / J.-M. Aerts, C.M. Wathes and D. Berckmans
  • Lighting / G.C. Perry
  • Nutrition, feedstuffs and feeding / M.G. MacLeod
  • Human-animal interactions / P.H. Hemsworth
  • Handling and catching of hens during depopulation / D.B. Tinker, P.S. Berry, J.A. Rycroft and N.H. Sparks
  • Transport of chicks, pullets and spent hens / M.A. Mitchell and P.J. Kettlewell
  • Stunning and slaughter / A.B.M. Raj
  • Priorities / M.C. Appleby.

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