Literature surrounding key aspects of broiler chicken husbandry and its relation to animal
welfare are reviewed, for the context of broiler chicken farming in Indonesia. This review …

Animal welfare is a priority across accredited zoological institutions; however, historically,
research has been prioritized for mammals. Bird-focused studies accounted for less than …

Broiler chicken welfare is under increasing scrutiny due to welfare concerns regarding
growth rate and stocking density. This farm-based study explored broiler welfare in four …

Stress factors and poor animal welfare can increase the susceptibility of food-producing
animals to diseases, posing microbial risks to consumers. Animal welfare levels, objectively …

Two kinds of initiatives exist to ensure welfare in broiler production: welfare legislation,
where all broiler production in a country or region must comply with legally defined welfare …

Simple Summary Antibiotic resistance in the veterinary field, other than making the control of
infectious diseases in farm animals progressively more difficult, can increase the risk that …

Animal welfare must be considered from a broad perspective, including positive emotional
states. Qualitative behaviour assessment (QBA) is one of few scientific methods to assess …

The ability of birds to modify dietary phosphorus utilisation when fed with low-phosphorus
and calcium (Ca) diets was studied using different sequences of dietary phosphorus and Ca …

The present study assessed the modulation of cecal microbiota and correlations with
Campylobacter colonization and animal welfare status. For these purposes, we conducted a …

Qualitative behavioural assessments (QBA) is an animal-based welfare measure that has
been included in several on-farm welfare assessment protocols, including the Welfare …