Poultry behaviour and welfare / Michael C. Appleby, Joy A. Mench, and Barry O. Hughes.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, [2004]Copyright date: �2004Description: 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations, map, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851990385
- Poultry -- Behavior
- Poultry
- Animal anatomy
- Animal behaviour
- Animal physiology
- Animal welfare
- Behaviour
- Biology
- Body parts
- Chicken meat
- Domestication
- Economics
- Egg production
- Environmental factors
- Ethics
- Legislation
- Meat production
- Poultry
- Poultry diseases
- Poultry feeding
- Poultry housing
- Reporduction
- Senses
- Stress
- 636.5 23
- SF487 .A64 2004eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins -- Biology -- Causes and effects -- Maintenance -- Living in groups -- Reproduction -- Perceptions of welfare -- Sentience -- Physical aspects -- Environmental influences -- Industry -- Systems -- Politics -- Economics.
This book is divided into 4 parts (poultry, biology and welfare), which are in turn subdivided into several sections. The origin of different poultry species (fowl, turkey, Japanese quail, Bobwhite quail, guineafowl, pheasant, duck, muscovy, goose, pigeon and ratites), including their domestication and their biology (senses, body systems and physiology) are discussed in the first part. The second part deals with the feeding, social and reproductive behaviour of poultry, especially fowls. The welfare of poultry species in relation to slaughter, diseases, stress, housing conditions and environment are discussed in part 3. The fourth part discusses poultry husbandry, poultry housing, legislation with regard to animal welfare and management and economics of egg and meat production.
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