Health, Welfare and Productivity
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Recent interest in how poultry are housed and managed in order to ensure profitability, sustainability, and good levels of animal welfare, are challenging issues that commercial poultry keepers face, particularly where legislation is bringing about legal requirements for housing. This book compares and contrasts alternative housing with conventional and traditional systems for commercial poultry (laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and gamebirds) with regards to welfare, disease, health, nutrition, sustainability and genotype-environment interaction.
PART ONE: Introduction, Legislation, Economics and Sustainability
PART TWO: Disease and Health
PART THREE: Village and Backyard Poultry
PART FOUR: Waterfowl and Game Birds
PART FIVE: Laying Hens
PART SIX: Meat Birds
PART SEVEN: Challenges and Opportunities
Published: 2012
ISBN: 9781845938246
Type: Hardback
Pages: 376
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Availability: Available
Hocking The main objectives of Paul Hocking's research are to understand and provide solutions to unexpected outcomes of genetic selection for production efficiency. Over a period of 30 years he has published over 150 journal articles and book chapters on these and related issues affecting the welfare of broiler and turkey breeding stock. The long term objective of his research is to unravel the genetic control of ovarian function in broiler parents to provide a genetic solution that will lead to a decrease in the extent of feed restriction while maintaining rates of egg production. His group has developed a model for inducing foot pad dermatitis in turkeys that has elucidated the cause, and suggested solutions, to this serious problem. Dr Hocking is the joint editor of British Poultry Science.
Sandilands Victoria gained a PhD in poultry behaviour and has been employed as a behaviour and welfare scientist at the Scottish Agricultural College since 2001. Her work focuses on finding ways to house and manage poultry that is sensitive to their needs while still being profitable for the poultry farmer. As well as conducting research and writing over 50 articles, journal papers and editing journal issues, she teaches at undergraduate and master's level and supervises PhD students. Victoria is on the board of directors of British Poultry Science journal, is currently senior vice president of the International Society for Applied Ethology and vice president of WPSA UK branch.
This book weighs: 666g
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