According to the British Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), keel bone fractures (KBF) are
considered one of the most important welfare problems in commercial laying hens (FAWC …

Background The physiological adaptations that have evolved for egg laying make hens
susceptible to bone fractures and keel bone damage. In modern laying hen breeds, longer …

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 …

To date, assessment of animal welfare impacts remains largely unconsidered in life cycle
assessment (LCA). Two previous attempts have been made to integrate animal welfare …

Feather pecking (FP) by laying hens is a significant welfare issue in the poultry industry.
Pecking at and pulling out feathers of conspecifics can seriously reduce the well-being of …

Keel fracture has adverse effects on welfare, behavior, health, production performance, and
egg quality of laying hens. To investigate this, 90 healthy Lohmann white laying hens with …

Chapter 16 Page 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2020.0078.15 © Burleigh Dodds Science
Publishing Limited, 2020. All rights reserved. Chapter 16 Cause and prevention of injurious …

This study compared welfare assessment results in aviary flocks using 3 approaches: 1) A
novel Aviary Transect method, 2) AssureWel, and 3) the Norwegian farm advisors' NorWel …

Обеспечение благополучия птицы и производство высококачественной продукции
остаются актуальными проблемами как в мировом птицеводстве, так и в России в связи …

Simple Summary Keel fracture is an important health and welfare problem in laying hens in
all production systems. Previous studies have shown that keel fracture can influence hens' …