Laying Hen and its Environment

A Seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organised by R. Moss and V. Fischbach, and held at Luxembourg, March 11–13, 1980

AvR. Moss

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Del 8 i serien Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine

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Beskrivning

That knowledge should lead to the development of interpretative and hopefully predictive theories which in turn will allow us to meet the recommendations of Article 3 of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes: 'that animals shall be housed, provided with food.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine
Antal sidor:340
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789400989245

Utforska kategorier

Veterinärmedicin inom Medicin
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Opening Remarks.- Session I Current Knowledge of “Normal” Range of Behaviour and Physiology.- The Ethogram of the Domesticated Hen.- To Adapt the Environment to the Bird or the Bird to the Environment ?.- Some Considerations Regarding Optimum Environmental Conditions for Laying Hens in Cage Management.- Corticosteroids in Laying Hens.- Summary and Discussion.- Session II Behavioural and Physiological Needs.- The Regulation of Dustbathing and Other Behaviour Patterns in the Laying Hen: A Lorenzian Approach.- Essential Behavioural Needs.- The Assessment of Behavioural Needs.- Essential Behavioural Needs: The Mixed Motivation Approach.- Summary and Discussion.- Session III Measurement of Essential and Behavioural Needs as Provided by the Present Husbandry Systems.- Measurement of Essential and Behavioural Needs as Provided by Present Husbandry Systems: Battery, ‘Get-Away’ Cage, Aviary.- Putting Science into Practice.- The Pre-Laying Behaviour of Laying Hens in Cages with and Without Laying Nests.- Some System Definitions and Characteristics.- Moulting in the Domestic Hen (Gallus domesticus) and Its Use and Effect.- Cages: How Could They be Improved?.- Final Discussion.- Summary.- Closing Remarks.- List of Participants.