Broiler Chickens Welfare in Practice

Andy Butterworth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

164 Seiten

2021
5M Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78918-015-2 (ISBN)

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A short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. Broiler Chickens distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers.

Broiler Chickens is a short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. With contributions from world expert researchers in poultry welfare, this book distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers.

The content covered includes health and disease impacts with a One Health focus, housing for optimal health, broiler breeders, hatchery management, broiler slaughter practices, transport, animal welfare assessment measures and a discussion of welfare improvement measures on the farm.

Andy Butterworth is a poultry specialist and senior veterinary research fellow at University of Bristol.

1. Introduction; 2. Understanding animal welfare; 3. Health and disease impacts on broiler welfare; 4. Influences of housing and management on the welfare of production broilers; 5. Broiler Breeders; 6. Broiler Hatchery; 7. On farm and casualty slaughter welfare of broilers; 8. Transport of broilers; 9. Welfare assessment methods for broilers; 10. What can you do to improve broiler welfare; 11. Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Welfare in Practice
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 206 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Veterinärmedizin
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-78918-015-5 / 1789180155
ISBN-13	978-1-78918-015-2 / 9781789180152
Zustand	Neuware