Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

Effect of simple and low-cost enrichment items on behavioral, clinical, and productive variables of caged laying hens

Authors: Mayra H. Frediani, Cristiane S. Pizzutto, Maíra B. R. Alves, Ricardo J. G. Pereira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, poultry, production, thermography, welfare

2019

Effects of environmental enrichment on activity and lameness in commercial broiler production

Authors: Guro Vasdal, Judit Vas, Ruth C. Newberry, Randi Oppermann Moe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral activity, broiler chickens, environmental enrichment, lameness, poultry welfare

2019

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, Bart Ampe, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bert Reubens, Jarissa Maselyne, Shaojie Zhuang, Johan Criel, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accuracy, outdoor, poultry, signal reception, ultra-wideband, vegetation

2018

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Poultry welfare assessments: Current use and limitations

Authors: R. A. Blatchford

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, broiler, dairy & animal science, indicators, keel bone damage, laying hen, laying hens, limitations, optical-flow, performance, stocking density, welfare assessments, welfare quality®

2017

Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice

2017

Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries

Authors: M. Bestman, C. Verwer, C. Brenninkmeyer, A. Willett, L. K. Hinrichsen, F. Smajlhodzic, J. L. T. Heerkens, S. Gunnarsson, V. Ferrante

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry

2017

Attitudes of veterinary students in Croatia toward farm animal welfare

Authors: Ostovi,, M., Mesi,, Miku,, T., Matkovi,, K., Pavi,

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, croatia, farm animals, survey, veterinary students

2016

Behavioural responses of broiler chickens during low atmospheric pressure stunning

Authors: Nikki Mackie, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, loss of posture, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016