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The Effects of Housing and Management on the Behaviour and Welfare of Hens and Broilers

The Effects of Housing and Management on the Behaviour and Welfare of Hens and Broilers

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This Special Issue focuses on current housing and management trends in laying hens and broilers, bringing readers the most up-to-date information from reputable scientists working in these fields. Housing and management practices have a significant influence on the health and wellbeing of poultry, such as hens and broilers. In recent years, many housing trends have changed, for example with the increased use of multi-tier aviaries for hens (and the rearing of pullets), the move away from caged egg production, or the use of windows in broiler housing. Management practices are also changing on a regular basis, with many countries aiming to stop routine beak trimming in laying hens or the increased practice of providing natural light to hens and broilers. Such changes can have an influence on how birds behave, their welfare, and their production. This Special Issue aims to elucidate some of these influencers on our most prolific production animal.

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Keywords

  • affective state
  • Animal behavior
  • Animal welfare
  • Anxiety
  • Artificial Light
  • attention bias
  • Australia
  • Behavior
  • behaviour
  • broiler
  • broiler chicken
  • chicken
  • cost
  • damaging behaviour
  • dark side
  • dust bathing
  • elevated platform
  • engagements
  • enrichment
  • Environment
  • environmental complexity
  • environmental enrichment
  • environmental navigation
  • Ethology
  • Fear
  • feather scores
  • flooring
  • footpad dermatitis
  • foraging
  • free-range
  • glass window
  • hay
  • hen health
  • heterophil/lymphocyte ratio
  • hock burn
  • housing system
  • injurious pecking
  • laying hen
  • laying hens
  • litter quality
  • Lohmann Brown-Lite
  • Lohmann LSL-Lite
  • meat birds
  • natural light
  • Navigation
  • normal behavior
  • novel object test
  • novel objects
  • pecking blocks
  • perching structures
  • perforated floor
  • Play
  • Poultry
  • preference
  • preference test
  • radiation
  • range enrichment
  • ropes
  • scatter feed
  • scattered feed
  • shelter
  • stocking density
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  • tonic immobility
  • ultraviolet
  • walking ability
  • welfare

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DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-7258-1103-8

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