| Achieving Sustainable Production of Poultry Meat Volume 3: Health and Welfare Contributor(s): Applegate, Todd J. (Editor), Jordan, Brian (Contribution by), Hargis, B. M. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 178676072X ISBN-13: 9781786760722 Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2016956458 |
| Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.41 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a result of improvements in commercial breeds combined with rearing in more intensive production systems. However, more intensive systems have increased the risk of transmission of animal diseases and zoonoses. Consumer expectations of sensory and nutritional quality have also never been higher. At the same time consumers are more concerned about the environmental impact of poultry production as well as animal welfare. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research on poultry health and welfare. Part 1 begins by reviewing the range of diseases and other health issues affecting poultry. It then goes on to discuss ways of preventing and managing disease such as breeding, and means of attenuating the immune system. The second part of the book discusses welfare issues such as management of breeding flocks, housing, transport and humane slaughter techniques. Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 3: Health and welfare will be a standard reference for poultry and food scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in poultry production. It is accompanied by two further volumes which review safety, quality and sustainability as well as poultry breeding and nutrition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Applegate, Todd: - Professor Todd Applegate is Head of the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia, USA. He was formerly Professor of Animal Sciences at Purdue University, USA. Professor Applegate is a former President of the Poultry Science Association (PSA). Amongst other honours, he is a recipient of the PSA's Evonik Degussa Award for Achievement in Poultry Science, American Feed Industry Association's Poultry Nutrition Research Award, and the Mapleleaf Farms Duck Research Award.Rodenburg, T. B.: - Bas Rodenburg studied biology at Wageningen University and graduated in 1998. In 2003, he received his PhD from that same university, focusing his research on feather pecking behaviour in laying hens and how that is related with other behavioural characteristics, such as the ability to cope with fear and stress. After obtaining his PhD, he worked at Livestock Research in Lelystad and at the ILVO in Ghent, Belgium, focusing on research in the area of poultry behaviour and welfare. In 2006, Bas returned to Wageningen on a personal VENI-grant to investigate the effects of genetic selection and of early-life environment on behaviour of group-housed laying hens. He was recently project leader of a research program aiming to translate scientific knowledge on feather pecking to commercial practice. For his future research, Bas would be interested to further investigate how individual animals affect the social dynamics of large groups and how this can be modified by genetic selection and early-life environment. |