Measuring and auditing broiler welfare / edited by C. Weeks and A. Butterworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weeks, C. (Claire)

Butterworth, A. (Andrew)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broilers (Chickens)--Health.

Broilers (Chickens).

Broilers (Chickens)--Quality.

Poultry products--Quality.

Poultry products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA, USA ; Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to concerns about animal welfare, food assurance schemes are now incorporating standards for animal welfare. This is particularly important in the poultry industry, where much attention has focused on the welfare of brollers (meat birds).

Contents:

Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Lameness; 2 Measuring and Auditing the Welfare of Broiler Breeders; 3 Pododermatitis and Hock Burn in Broiler Chickens; 4 Evaluating the Impact of Metabolic Disorders on the Welfare of Broilers; 5 Infectious Disease: Morbidity and Mortality; 6 Abnormal Behaviour and Fear; 7 The Significance of Biosecurity to Broiler Welfare; 8 Feed; 9 Light; 10 Air Hygiene; 11 Stocking Density; 12 Transport and Handling; 13 Primary Processing of Poultry; 14 Comparing Welfare in Different Systems; 15 Human Factors Influencing Broiler Welfare

16 Auditing Systems: Are We Effective?; 17 Is UK Farm Assurance Delivering Good Welfare?; 18 Using Welfare Outcomes to Control Intensification: the Swedish Model; 19 Developing and Implementing a Welfare Audit in the Australian Chicken Meat Industry; 20 Does Broiler Welfare Matter, and to Whom?; 21 Public Attitudes and Expectations; 22 A Global Perspective on Broiler Welfare Standards; 23 Measuring Broiler Chicken Behaviour and Welfare: Prospects for Automation; Poster 1 Reduced Welfare in Broiler Chickens may be Associated with Increased Risk of Colonization with Campylobacter Species

Poster 2 Estimating the Number of Broilers to Sample to Determine the Prevalence of Lameness; Poster 3 Practical in vivo Monitoring of Glucose and Lactate as Indicators of Stress; Poster 4 Objective Assessment of Broiler Walking Style Using a Force Plate; Poster 5 Evaluation of Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Broiler Welfare; Poster 6 Effects of Growth Rate and Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus Content on Performance, Bone Mineralization and Gait Score of Broilers; Index

Notes:

Based on papers from a conference held in Bristol, UK, May 2003; with additional material.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-86631-4

9786610866311

0-85199-039-8

OCLC:

476072177