Welfare issues in broiler chickens: overview

Tainika, Brian; Şekeroğlu, Ahmet; Akyol, Ahmet; Ng’ang’a, Zacharia Waithaka

doi:10.1080/00439339.2023.2175343

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“…Although “welfare” has many components and means different things to different people ( 20 ), lameness or difficulty in walking is widely acknowledged to be one of the major welfare issues for broiler chickens ( 21 , 22 ). Lameness limits the range of behavior animals can perform, including gaining access to food and water ( 23 , 24 ) and lame birds show evidence of being in pain when they try to walk ( 25–27 ).…”

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Active walking in broiler chickens: a flagship for good welfare, a goal for smart farming and a practical starting point for automated welfare recognition

Dawkins

2024

Front. Vet. Sci.

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Automated assessment of broiler chicken welfare poses particular problems due to the large numbers of birds involved and the variety of different welfare measures that have been proposed. Active (sustained, defect-free) walking is both a universally agreed measure of bird health and a behavior that can be recognized by existing technology. This makes active walking an ideal starting point for automated assessment of chicken welfare at both individual and flock level.

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Active walking in broiler chickens: a flagship for good welfare, a goal for smart farming and a practical starting point for automated welfare recognition

Dawkins

2024

Front. Vet. Sci.

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“…High-input poultry production systems involve the confinement of chickens at high stocking densities to maximize profit with little regard for bird welfare (Tainika et al, 2023 ). This practice has been met with public displeasure from poultry consumers worldwide (Jobe et al, 2019 ; Escobedo del Bosque et al, 2021 ).…”

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Use of red grape pomace and Aloe vera gel as nutraceuticals to ameliorate stocking density-induced stress in commercial male broilers

Thema,

Mlambo,

Egbu

et al. 2024

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The combined effect of Aloe vera gel (AVG) administered through drinking water and dietary red grape pomace powder (RGP) on growth performance, physiological traits, welfare indicators, and meat quality in densely stocked broilers was evaluated. A total of 750, two-week-old male Ross 308 broilers (317.7 ± 10.12 g live weight) were randomly assigned to 25 cages, with each cage as an experimental unit. The broilers were stocked at a density of 30 birds per cage with a floor space of 1.32 m2. Dietary treatments were a standard grower or finisher diet (CON); CON containing 30 g RGP /kg diet plus either 1 (GPA1), 2 (GPA2), 3 (GPA3), or 4% (GPA4) AVG in drinking water. Treatment GPA1 promoted higher (P < 0.05) overall weight gain and overall feed conversion ratio (FCR) than CON. Positive quadratic effects (P < 0.05) were noted for mean corpuscular hemoglobin, basophils, 24-hour breast meat yellowness, chroma, and hue angle. The GPA2 group had the lowest (P < 0.05) gait score while the CON group had the highest score. Concurrent supplementation with a 30 g RGP /kg diet plus 1% AVG in drinking water enhanced weight gain, FCR, and finisher weight of densely stocked broilers. However, AVG doses beyond 1% did not enhance performance and physiological traits in densely stocked broilers.

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Effect of different pasture species on welfare and behavior of slow-growing broiler chickens in free-range production system

Bashir

Şekeroğlu

Tainika

et al. 2023

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Welfare issues in broiler chickens: overview

Cited by 6 publications

References 157 publications

Active walking in broiler chickens: a flagship for good welfare, a goal for smart farming and a practical starting point for automated welfare recognition

Active walking in broiler chickens: a flagship for good welfare, a goal for smart farming and a practical starting point for automated welfare recognition

Use of red grape pomace and Aloe vera gel as nutraceuticals to ameliorate stocking density-induced stress in commercial male broilers

Effect of different pasture species on welfare and behavior of slow-growing broiler chickens in free-range production system

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