TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olukosi,Oluyinka A.
AU  - Olori,Victor E.
AU  - Helmbrecht,Ariane
AU  - Lambton,Sarah
AU  - French,Nick A.
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - Poultry feathers and skin: the poultry integument in health and welfare 
T2  - Poultry science symposium series
SN  - 9781786395139
AV  - SF768.2.P6 P68 2019eb
U1  - 636.5 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Poultry
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Feathers
KW  - Skin
KW  - Abnormal behaviour
KW  - cabt
KW  - Animal behaviour
KW  - Animal breeding
KW  - Animal welfare
KW  - Broiler performance
KW  - Broilers
KW  - Chick embryos
KW  - Chicken housing
KW  - Colour
KW  - Contact dermatitis
KW  - Diets
KW  - Digestive tract
KW  - Embryonic development
KW  - Farm management
KW  - Feather pecking
KW  - Feathering rate
KW  - Fowl feeding
KW  - Genetic factors
KW  - Hens
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Plumage
KW  - Risk Factors
KW  - Structure
KW  - Trauma
KW  - Wounds
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Feather, a Triumph of Natural Engineering and Multifunctionality / Theagarten Lingham-Soliar -- Embryonic Development of the Avian Integument / Denis Headon -- Feather Pecking in Laying Hens: Why They Do It, and Welfare Implications / Christine J. Nicol -- Genetic Solutions to Reduce Injurious Pecking in Laying Hens / Esther D. Ellen and Piter Bijma -- Evidence-based Management of Injurious Pecking / Thea van Niekerk -- Contact Dermatitis in Domestic Poultry / Paul M. Hocking and Teun Veldkamp -- The Poultry Integument in Health and Disease / Paul F. McMullin -- Genetics of Feather Pigmentation and Chicken Plumage Colouration / Victor E. Olori -- Genetics and Breeding Aspects of Feather Coverage and Their Effects on Performance in Broilers / Avigdor Cahaner -- The Genetics of Contact Dermatitis in Poultry / Dagmar N.R.G. Kapell -- Effects of Nutritional Interventions on Feathering of Poultry: a Review / Rick A. van Emous and Marinus M. van Krimpen -- Strengthening the Inside: Effect of Nutrition on Gut Health and Maintenance and Its Impact on the Integument Integrity / Sunday A. Adedokun and Opeyemi C. Olojede -- Management Practices to Prevent Abnormal Feather Loss in Broiler Breeders / Otto A. van Tuijl -- Business Opportunities with the Integument / Stephen Lister; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - This book contains chapters that discuss the natural engineering and multifunctionality of feathers, embryonic development of the avian integument, the reasons and welfare implications of feather pecking in laying hens, genetic solutions to reduce injurious pecking in laying hens, evidence-based management of injurious pecking, contact dermatitis in domestic poultry, the poultry integument in health and disease, genetics of feather pigmentation and chicken plumage colouration, genetics and breeding aspects of feather coverage and their effects on performance in broilers, the genetics of contact dermatitis in poultry, effects of nutritional interventions on feathering of poultry, effect of nutrition on gut health and maintenance and its impact on the integument integrity, management practices to prevent abnormal feather loss in broiler breeders and business opportunities with the integument. This book is intended for both the poultry industry and for researchers in animal science and welfare at undergraduate and graduate levels
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786395115.0000
ER  -