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Record Nr.

UNINA9910626111203321

Titolo

Alternative systems for poultry : health, welfare and productivity / / edited by Victoria Sandilands and Paul M. Hocking

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2012

ISBN

1-280-37840-9

9786613556318

1-78064-009-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Poultry science symposium series ; ; v. 30

Altri autori (Persone)

SandilandsVictoria

HockingP. M (Paul M.)

Disciplina

636.55

Soggetti

Poultry - Housing

Animal welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I: Introduction, Legislation, Economics and Sustainability; CHAPTER 1 What are Alternative Systems for Poultry?; CHAPTER 2 The Impact of Legislation and Assurance Schemes on Alternative Systems for Poultry Welfare; CHAPTER 3 Politics and Economics; Part II: Disease and Health; CHAPTER 4 The Effects of Alternative Systems on Disease and Health of Poultry; CHAPTER 5 Production Systems for Laying Hens and Broilers and Risk of Human Pathogens; Part III: Village and Backyard Poultry

CHAPTER 6 Introduction to Village and Backyard Poultry ProductionCHAPTER 7 Technology and Programmes for Sustainable Improvement of Village Poultry Production; Part IV: Waterfowl and Game Birds; CHAPTER 8 Production Systems for Waterfowl; CHAPTER 9 Game Bird Breeding, Brooding and Rearing - Health and Welfare; Part V: Laying Hens; CHAPTER 10 Housing and Management of Layer Breeders in Rearing and Production; Colour Plates; CHAPTER 11 Furnished Cages for Laying Hens; CHAPTER 12 Performance, Welfare, Health and Hygiene of Laying Hens in Non-Cage Systems in Comparison with Cage Systems

Part VI: Meat BirdsCHAPTER 13 Housing and Management of Broiler



Breeders and Turkey Breeders; CHAPTER 14 Alternative Systems for Meat Chickens and Turkeys: Production, Health and Welfare; Part VII: Challenges and Opportunities; CHAPTER 15 Nutritional Challenges of Alternative Production Systems; CHAPTER 16 Genotype-Environment Interaction: Breeding Layers with Different Requirements for Varying Housing Systems; CHAPTER 17 Is There a Future for Alternative Production Systems?; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

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. It is suitable for researchers a