Alternative Systems for Poultry
Health, Welfare and Productivity
Published on 5. April 2012
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-84593-824-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84593-824-6 (9781845938246)
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Persons
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. (BSc Zoology, PhD Animal Behaviour) is Chief Scientific Adviser with The World Society for the Protection of Animals, based in London, UK. At the Poultry Research Centre and the University of Edinburgh, UK, he carried out research for 20 years on behaviour and welfare of farm animals, before a period with The Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC. His most recent book is Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals (co-editor, 2008). Dr Appleby is a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council (Farm Animal Welfare Committee from April 2011) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth and the Scottish Agricultural College.
Editor
Scotland's Rural College, UK
formerly The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, UK
Contributions
Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Centre for proper housing: Poultry and Rabbits, , , CH-3052 Zollikofen, , SWITZERLAND
DEFRA, Area 4 Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, , SW1P 3JR, UNITED KINGDOM
Crowshall veterinary Services, 1 Crows Hall Lane, , Attleborough, , NR17 1AD, UNITED KINGDOM
Health Protection Agency, Food, Water &Environmental Microbiology Network, B23/23 Porton Down Salisbury, , , SP4 0JG, UNITED KINGDOM
INRA, 1 Station de Recherches Avicoles, INRA 37380, Nouzilly, , , FRANCE
Scottish Agricultural Institute, UK
Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH, Postfach 460, 27454 , Cuxhaven, , , GERMANY
Wageningen University, Animal Breeding and Genomics centre, P O Box 338, 6700 AH, Wageningen, , NETHERLANDS
Content
Part 1: Introduction, Legislation, Economics and Sustainability 1.1: What are Alternative Systems for Poultry? 1.2: The Impact of Legislation and Assurance Schemes on Alternative Systems for Poultry Welfare 1.3: Politics and Economics Part 2: Disease and Health 2.1: The Effects of Alternative Systems on Disease and Health of Poultry 2.2: Production Systems for Laying Hens and Broilers and Risk of Human Pathogens Part 3: Village and Backyard Poultry 3.1: Introduction to Village and Backyard Poultry Production 3.2: Technology and Programmes for Sustainable Improvement of Village Poultry production Part 4: Waterfowl and Game Birds 4.1: Production Systems for Waterfowl 4.2: Game Bird Breeding, Brooding and Rearing - Health and Welfare Part 5: Laying Hens 5.1: Housing and Management of Layer Breeders in Rearing and Production 5.2: Furnished Cages for Laying Hens 5.3: Performance, Welfare, Health and Hygiene of Laying Hens in Non-cage Systems in Comparison with Cage Systems Part 6: Meat Birds 6.1: Housing and Management of Broiler Breeders and Turkey Breeders 6.2: Alternative Systems for Meat Chickens and Turkeys: Production, Health and Welfare Part 7: Challenges and Opportunities 7.1: Nutritional Challenges of Alternative Production Systems 7.2: Genotype Environment Interaction: Breeding Layers with Different Requirements for Varying Housing Systems 7.3: Is There a Future for Alternative Systems?