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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.

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Author:   Ernest Froelich (Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Centre for proper housing: Poultry and Rabbits, , , CH-3052 Zollikofen, , SWITZERLAND) ,  Victoria Sandilands (Scotland's Rural College, UK) ,  David Pritchard (DEFRA, Area 4 Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, , SW1P 3JR, UNITED KINGDOM) ,  Paul Hocking (formerly The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Volume:   v. 30
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9781845938246

ISBN 10:   1845938240
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Victoria gained a PhD in poultry behaviour and has been employed as a behaviour and welfare scientist at the Scottish Agricultural College since 2001. Her work focuses on finding ways to house and manage poultry that is sensitive to their needs while still being profitable for the poultry farmer. As well as conducting research and writing over 50 articles, journal papers and editing journal issues, she teaches at undergraduate and master's level and supervises PhD students. Victoria is on the board of directors of British Poultry Science journal, is currently senior vice president of the International Society for Applied Ethology and vice president of WPSA UK branch. (BSc Zoology, PhD Animal Behaviour) is Chief Scientific Adviser with The World Society for the Protection of Animals, based in London, UK. At the Poultry Research Centre and the University of Edinburgh, UK, he carried out research for 20 years on behaviour and welfare of farm animals, before a period with The Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC. His most recent book is Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals (co-editor, 2008). Dr Appleby is a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council (Farm Animal Welfare Committee from April 2011) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth and the Scottish Agricultural College.

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