Animal category: Poultry

Sustainable Farming Incentive: how the scheme will work in 2022

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Published in 2021

UK Government document setting out the practical details of  the measures in its Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. Farmers will be paid more for provision of a number of public benefits, including animal health and welfare.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Environment, Human-animal relationships,Societal issues, Stress

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Insect proteins offer health, welfare benefits to poultry

Elisabeth Doughman

Published in 2022

Article on the nutritional, environmental enrichment and leg-health benefits of insect protein for poultry. A research centre has been established in Texas to investigate the sustainable production of insect proteins for human food and animal feed.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Enrichment, Stress

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Les larves d’insectes activent les poulets

Eva Pampouille

Published in 2022

This article presents the results of a PINHS research project demonstrating that feeding black soldier fly larvae to Ross 308 broilers increases their activity levels at feeding time and their feed efficiency without affecting their performance or health status. However, this type of enrichment is currently too expensive.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Enrichment, Stress

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°22563: Elevage de poules en cage

Question: Typhanie Degois (La République en Marche - Savoie). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on whether the Government intends to set a deadline for banning the cage-rearing of laying hens in France and its replacement by alternative systems.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Housing

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French Assemblée Nationale: Written answer to question n°36062: Conditions d'Abattage

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Published in 2022

Answer to a question on the Government's position on the ban on the slaughter of farm animals without prior stunning for religious reasons.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Stress

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Stocking density: a clue for improving social behavior, welfare, health indices along with productivity performances of quail (Coturnix coturnix)

Mohamed I. El Sabry, Saber S. A. Hassan, Manal M. Zaki, Farid K. R. Stino

Published in 2022

Scientific review of the benefits of and global market for quail products, factors affecting the stocking density of quail on farms, and the effects of stocking density and housing systems on the social behaviour, welfare, physiological and performance indicators of broiler and layer quail.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measures, Housing, Living environment, Livestock farming system, Welfare indicators

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Setting research driven duck-welfare standards: a systematic review of Beijing duck welfare research

Maja M. Makagon, Anja B. Ribe

Published in 2021

Scientific review of the existing scientific data on the welfare of Peking ducks in farming, and the need for research on the subject, in order to be able to propose welfare standards for this species, which is farmed extensively throughout the world.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measures, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Livestock farming system

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Investigating the cecal microbiota in broiler poultry farms and its potential relationships with animal welfare

Lisa Di Marcantonio, Francesca Marotta, Michele Podaliri Vulpiani, Quixi Sonntag, Luigi Iannetti, Anna Janowicz, Gabriella Di Serafino, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Giuliano Garofolo

Published in 2022

Scientific paper demonstrating that the composition and diversity of the caecal microbiota of broilers vary according to their levels of welfare and the presence or absence of Campylobacter in their microbiota.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Animal-based measures, Microbiota, Welfare indicators

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Ending routine farm antibiotic use in Europe through improving animal health and welfare

Cóilín Nunan

Published in 2022

Report recommending ten farming practices to achieve a significant reduction in the use of antibiotics on European farms while improving animal health and welfare.

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Antibiotic resistance

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RSPCA Welfare Standards for Meat Chickens

RSPCA

Published in 2017

Standards developed by the RSPCA for the rearing, handling, transport and slaughter/killing of broilers, based on UK legislation, scientific findings, recommendations from veterinarians and the Farm Animal Welfare Committee, and the experience of livestock professionals.

Document Types: Good practice guide

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords: Enrichment, Human-animal relationships, Livestock farming system,Societal issues

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