The impacts of colony cages on the welfare of chickens farmed for meat

JL Mace, A Knight - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Over 70 billion chickens are slaughtered globally each year. Almost all are
meat breeds, typically housed in very large barns with a litter floor. Recently however …

Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and serum profile of broiler chicks fed on housefly maggot meal as a replacement of soybean meal

U Elahi, Y Ma, S Wu, J Wang… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A study was conducted to invesstigate the housefly maggot meal (HMM) as an alternative
protein source to replace the soybean meal in broiler chick's diet. A total of 720 1‐day‐old …

Effects of different floor housing systems on the welfare of fast-growing broilers with an extended fattening period

E Çavuşoğlu, M Petek, IM Abdourhamane… - Archives Animal …, 2018 - aab.copernicus.org
This study was made to investigate the long-term effects of different floor housing systems on
the welfare of fast-growing broilers. The experiment was performed on 210-day-old fast …

Health-based welfare indicators and fear reaction of slower growing broiler compared to faster growing broiler housed in free range and conventional deep litter …

İM Abdourhamane, M Petek - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the welfare of a slow-growing broiler with a commercially available
fast-growing breed housed in a free-range and conventional deep litter housing system …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of housing floor on air quality, growth traits, and immunity in broiler chicken farms

ES Soliman, RA Hassan - Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci, 2020 - nexusacademicpublishers.com
One of the challenges face the broiler industry is the choice of the floor system depending on
its availability, cost, and ease of handling. The influence of different floors (wood shaving …

The effect of light/dark cycles on performance and welfare in broiler

M Ozkan, UG Simsek - Annals of Animal Science, 2022 - sciendo.com
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23119
Elazig, Turkey♦ Corresponding author: gsimsek@ firat. edu. tr; gsimsek44@ gmail. com Ulku …

PENERAPAN PRINSIP KESEJAHTERAAN HEWAN PADA PEMELIHARAAN TERNAK.

N Mayasari, A Hiroyuki… - Dharmakarya …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Penerapan kesejahteraan hewan (Kesrawan) khususnya pada pemeliharaan ternak di
Indonesia dinilai belum maksimal. Peningkatan jumlah produksi ternak serta rendahnya …

Growth performance, well-being, and gut microbial population of broilers raised in cages and floor pens under the hot and humid tropical climate

Z Idrus, NS Norsam, MF Silahuddin… - Italian Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The study was carried out to compare the growth performance, gut microbiota, incidence of
footpad dermatitis (FPD), leg weakness, physiological, and immunological responses in …

Growth performance, carcass traits and some blood parameters of broiler chicks as affected by housing system

AH Darwish, GA El-Sayiad… - Zagazig Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ekb.eg
This current investigation was conducted to evaluate the potential effects of housing system
(battery cages versus litter floor) on growth performance, some blood parameters and …

Effects of different mating strategies on productive performance, bird welfare and economic appraisal of broiler breeder under two production systems

MS Shaheen, S Mehmood, A Mahmud… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objectives of the study were to investigate influence of artificial insemination (AI) in caged
and floored flock in comparison to natural mating (NM) on broiler breeders' welfare …