Measuring and Auditing Broiler Welfare

1: Foreword, I Duncan, University of Guelph, Canada 2: Introduction, C Weeks PART 1: OUTCOMES (ANIMAL BASED) 3: Lameness, J Mench, University of California, Davis, USA 4: Measuring and auditing the welfare of broiler breeders, P Hocking, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), UK 5: Pododermatitis and hockburn in broiler chickens, C Berg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 6: Evaluating the impact of metabolic disorders on the welfare of broilers, R Julian, University of Guelph, Canada 7: Infectious disease - morbidity and mortality, A Butterworth 8: Abnormal behaviour and fear, G S Sanotra, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, and C Weeks, University of Bristol, UK PART 2: INPUTS (RESOURCE BASED) 9: The significance of biosecurity to broiler welfare, M Pattison, Independent Poultry Consultant, UK 10: Feed, S H Gordon and A W Walker, ADAS Gleadthorpe, UK, and D R Charles, D C R&D, UK 11: Light, N B Prescott, Silsoe Research Institute, UK, H H Kristensen, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, and C M Wathes, Silsoe Research Institute, UK 12: Air hygiene, C Wathes, Silsoe Research Institute, UK 13: Stocking density, W Bessei, University of Hohenheim, Germany 14: Transport and handling, M A Mitchell, Roslin Insitute (Edinburgh), UK, and P J Kettlewell, Silsoe Research Institute, UK 15: Primary Processing of Poultry, S Wotton and L Wilkin ,University of Bristol, UK PART 3: WELFARE AND AUDITING ISSUES Section 1: Production Systems 16: Comparing welfare in different systems, S M Haslam and S C Kestin, University of Bristol, UK 17: Human factors influencing broiler welfare, P H Hemsworth, Victorian Institute of Animal Science, Australia, and G J Coleman, Monash University, Australia Section 2: Examples of auditing schemes and their effectiveness in assuring welfare 18: Auditing systems - are we effective? P Cook, RL Consulting Ltd, UK 19: Is UK farm assurance delivering good welfare? D Main and H R Whay, University of Bristol, UK 20: Using welfare outcomes to control intensification: The Swedish Model, C Berg and B Algers, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 21: Developing and implementing a welfare audit in the Australian chicken meat industry, J L Barnett, Victorian Institute of Animal Science, Australia, and P C Glatz, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Australia Section 3: Ethical, political and future perspectives 22: Does broiler welfare matter and to whom? D B Morton, University of Birmingham, UK 23: Public attitudes and expectations, M C Appleby, The Humane Society of the United States, USA 24: A global perspective on broiler welfare standards, P Lymbery, World Society for the Protection of Animals, UK 25: Measuring broiler chicken behaviour and welfare: perspectives for automation , L PJJ Noldus, Noldus Information Technolgy, b.v., The Netherlands, and R G Jansen, Wageningen, The Netherlands