Measuring and auditing broiler welfare /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Broilers (Chickens) > Health.; Broilers (Chickens) > Quality.; Poultry products > Quality.; Laws and Regulations.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Behaviour.; Animal Welfare.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Automation and Control.; Farm and Horticultural Structures.; Fowls.; Abnormal behaviour.; Aetiology.; Animal behaviour.; Animal welfare.; Auditing.; Automation.; Behaviour.; Biosafety.; Broilers.; Chicken meat.; Environmental control.; Fowl diseases.; Legislation.; Measurement.; Meat and livestock industry.; Meat production.; Poultry.; Quality controls.; Electronic books.
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This book discusses the scientific basis for the measurement and auditing of the welfare of broilers for meat production. It is divided into three parts, where Part 1 presents the ways in which the birds can serve as indicators of welfare, Part 2 examines some of the more important aspects the chick...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Claire Weeks
• Lameness / J. Mench
• Measuring and Auditing the Welfare of Broiler Breeders / P.M. Hocking
• Pododermatitis and Hock Burn in Broiler Chickens / C. Berg
• Evaluating the Impact of Metabolic Disorders on the Welfare of Broilers / R.J. Julian
• Infectious Disease : Morbidity and Mortality / A. Butterworth
• Abnormal Behaviour and Fear / G.S. Sanotra and C.A. Weeks
• The Significance of Biosecurity to Broiler Welfare / M. Pattison
• Feed / S.H. Gordon, A.W. Walker and D.R. Charles
• Light / N.B. Prescott, H.H. Kristensen and C.M. Wathes
• Air Hygiene / C.M. Wathes
• Stocking Density / W. Bessei
• Transport and Handling / M.A. Mitchell and P.J. Kettlewell
• Primary Processing of Poultry / S. Wotton and L.J. Wilkins
• Comparing Welfare in Different Systems / S.M. Haslam and S.C. Kestin
• Human Factors Influencing Broiler Welfare / P.H. Hemsworth and G.J. Coleman
• Auditing Systems : Are We Effective? / P. Cook
• Is UK Farm Assurance Delivering Good Welfare? / D.C.J. Main and H.R. Whay
• Using Welfare Outcomes to Control Intensification : the Swedish Model / C. Berg and B. Algers
• Developing and Implementing a Welfare Audit in the Australian Chicken Meat Industry / J.L. Barnett and P.C. Glatz
• Does Broiler Welfare Matter, and to Whom? / D.B. Morton
• Public Attitudes and Expectations / M.C. Appleby
• A Global Perspective on Broiler Welfare Standards / P. Lymbery
• Measuring Broiler Chicken Behaviour and Welfare : Prospects for Automation / L.P.J.J. Noldus and R.G. Jansen.