Alternative systems for poultry : health, welfare and productivity /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Series: Poultry science symposium ; no. 30.
• Subjects: Poultry > Housing.; Animal welfare.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Environmental Pest Management.; Meat Producing Animals.; Egg Producing Animals.; Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Animal Welfare.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Farm and Horticultural Structures.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Birds.; Fowls.; Turkeys.; Animal health.; Animal husbandry.; Animal production.; Broiler production.; Broilers.; Cages.; Foodborne diseases.; Game birds.; Hens.; Hygiene.; Legislation.; Poultry.; Poultry diseases.; Poultry housing.; Waterfowl.; Electronic books.
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The proceedings is divided into seven parts with seventeen chapters. Part 1 discusses the alternative systems for poultry, impact of legislation and assurance schemes on alternative systems for poultry welfare and the politics and economics; while Part 2 deals with the effects of alternative systems...

Table of Contents:

• What are Alternative Systems for Poultry? / E.K.F. Fröhlich, K. Niebuhr, L. Schrader and H. Oester
• The Impact of Legislation and Assurance Schemes on Alternative Systems for Poultry Welfare / D.G. Pritchard
• Politics and Economics / M. C. Appleby
• The Effects of Alternative Systems on Disease and Health of Poultry / S. Lister and B. van Nijhuis
• Production Systems for Laying Hens and Broilers and Risk of Human Pathogens / S. Van Hoorebeke, J. Dewulf, F. Van Immerseel and F. Jorgensen
• Introduction to Village and Backyard Poultry Production / R.A.E. Pym and R.G. Alders
• Technology and Programmes for Sustainable Improvement of Village Poultry Production / B. Besbes, O. Thieme, A. Rota, E.F. Guéye and R.G. Alders
• Production Systems for Waterfowl / D. Guémené, Z.D. Shi and G. Guy
• Game Bird Breeding, Brooding and Rearing - Health and Welfare / T. Pennycott, C. Deeming and M. McMillan
• Housing and Management of Layer Breeders in Rearing and Production / H.-H. Thiele
• Furnished Cages for Laying Hens / H.A. Elson and R. Tauson
• Performance, Welfare, Health and Hygiene of Laying Hens in Non-Cage Systems in Comparison with Cage System / T.B. Rodenburg, K. De Reu and F.A.M. Tuyttens
• Housing and Management of Broiler Breeders and Turkey Breeders / I.C. de Jong and M. Swalander
• Alternative Systems for Meat Chickens and Turkeys : Production, Health and Welfare / T.A. Jones and J. Berk
• Nutritional Challenges of Alternative Production Systems / M.G. MacLeod and J.S. Bentley
• Genotype-Environment Interaction : Breeding Layers with Different Requirements for Varying Housing Systems / W. Icken, M. Schmutz and R. Preisinger
• Is There a Future for Alternative Production Systems? / V. Sandilands and P.M. Hocking.