By Andy Butterworth, Lotta Berg, Ingrid de Jong, Joy Mench and Mohan Raj
Broiler Chickens is a short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. With contributions from world expert researchers in poultry welfare, this book distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers.
The content covered includes health and disease impacts with a One Health focus, housing for optimal health, broiler breeders, hatchery management, broiler slaughter practices, transport, animal welfare assessment measures and a discussion of welfare improvement measures on the farm.
Table of Contents
1 Broiler breeder welfare
2 Hatchery welfare
3 Influences of housing and management on broiler welfare
4 Health and disease impacts on broiler welfare
5 On-farm and casualty slaughter welfare of broilers
