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| Preface |
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| Introduction: Topical issues in poultry welfare |
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1 Overview of commercial poultry production systems and their main welfare challenges |
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1.4 Welfare considerations in poultry production |
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1.5 Conclusions and implications |
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Part II Management: Hatch to slaughter |
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2 The effects of hatchery practices on the welfare of poultry |
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2.2 Egg handling prior to and during incubation |
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2.3 Embryonic sensibility |
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2.5 Methods to reduce unwanted chicks---sexing of embryos |
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2.6 Early posthatch feeding |
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2.7 Chick transport conditions |
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3 Rearing young birds for adaptability |
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3.2 Preparing pullets for laying housing systems |
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3.3 Welfare related to feeding the modern chicken and turkey |
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3.4 Rearing for social adaptability |
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4 Electrical stunning of poultry |
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4.2 Restraint prior to slaughter |
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4.3 General principles of electrical stunning |
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4.7 Advantages and disadvantages |
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4.8 Conclusions and implications |
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5 Gas and low atmospheric pressure stunning |
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5.4 Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS) |
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Part III Welfare assessment on the farm |
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6 Welfare assessment of poultry on farm |
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6.2 Do outcome-based assessments work in the farm setting? |
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6.3 What poultry OBMs are people measuring and how? |
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6.4 Are farm standards which include OBMs actually being implemented? |
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6.5 What do governmental bodies and commercial users think about the use of "outcome measures" in farm standards and farm assurance? |
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6.6 Conclusions and implications |
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7 Poultry welfare assessment on the farm: Focusing on the individual |
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7.2 Behavior of birds that are in pain or ill |
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7.3 Identification of sick or injured individuals |
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7.4 Decision-making regarding whether to treat or euthanize |
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7.5 Humaneness and practical considerations for on-farm euthanasia methods |
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7.6 Conclusions and implications |
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Part IV Continuing challenges |
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8 Skeletal problems in contemporary commercial laying hens |
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8.4 Musculoskeletal injury during depopulation |
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8.5 Conclusions and implications |
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9 Feather pecking and cannibalism: Can we really stop beak trimming? |
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9.2 Beak trimming---Science and policy |
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9.4 Management approaches |
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9.5 Managing intact-beak flocks |
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9.6 The role of farmers and consumers |
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10 Sustainability of laying hen housing systems |
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10.2 Hen production systems |
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10.4 Environmental impacts |
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10.5 Egg quality and safety |
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10.6 Worker health and safety |
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10.8 Conclusions and implications |
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11 Stocking density: Can we judge how much space poultry need? |
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11.2 "Needs" and the assessment of welfare |
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11.3 Assessment of space needs: Physical health |
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11.4 Assessment of space needs: Behavior and what the animals want |
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11.5 Complicating factors in the assessment of space needs |
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235 | (1) |
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12 Understanding social behavior for better flock management |
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12.2 Understanding the basic principles of social behavior |
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12.5 Social behavior and reproduction |
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255 | (2) |
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12.6 Conclusions and implications |
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257 | (6) |
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13 Welfare issues in turkey production |
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13.3 Injurious pecking and aggression |
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13.4 Footpad dermatitis and leg abnormalities |
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274 | (2) |
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13.5 Environment and management factors affecting turkey welfare |
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276 | (6) |
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13.6 Welfare issues of turkey breeders |
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13.7 Conclusions and implications |
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14 The future of poultry pest management |
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14.2 The poultry pest complex |
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14.3 Production systems influence pest complexes and severity |
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14.4 Laying hen housing systems |
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14.5 Nonorganic and organic pest control options in alternative systems |
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14.6 Balancing welfare concerns and pest damage with economics |
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14.7 Conclusions and implications |
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15 Using genetic approaches to improve host responses to environmental stressors |
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15.2 Biotic stress---Viral diseases |
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15.3 Biotic stress---Bacterial diseases |
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15.4 Abiotic stress---Heat stress |
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15.5 Conclusions and implications |
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16 Backyard flock production |
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16.3 Challenges for backyard flock owners |
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344 | (4) |
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348 | (3) |
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17.2 Mass depopulation methods |
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| Index |
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