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
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
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
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
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
Published in 2022
Decree to eother small companion animalst the new framework governing the killing of chicks in hatcheries and outside abattoirs, confirming the legal cessation of the culling of male chicks at birth by the end of 2022.
Document types: Regulation/Certification
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Pain, Human-animal relationships, Stress
Published in 2020
White paper compiling the published scientific evidence on violations of broiler-chicken welfare in intensive farming in the EU and the UK.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system
Published in 2021
Scientific review of the advantages and disadvantages of different chicken production systems in terms of animal welfare, showing that all systems, even if they take animal welfare into account, affect the behaviour, health and productivity of the birds to different degrees.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords: Welfare indicators, Housing, Human-animal relationships
Published in 2022
Technical article setting out the results of ITAVI's work on a multi-criteria analysis of different types of enrichment available on the market that take into account the needs of birds: exploration, perching, dust bathing, self protection and rest.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Enrichment, Housing, Human-animal relationships, Societal issues
Published in 2021
Technical paper discussing the importance of heat stress in poultry farming, its impact on laying hens, and strategies to combat heat stress.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Poultry
Keywords:Stress, Livestock farming system
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