[HTML][HTML] Sustainable poultry farming practices: A critical review of current strategies and future prospects

RB Bist, K Bist, S Poudel, D Subedi, X Yang, B Paneru… - Poultry Science, 2024 - Elsevier
As global demand for poultry products, environmental sustainability, and health
consciousness rises with time, the poultry industry faces both substantial challenges and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of housing systems and feed additive on growth, carcass traits, liver function, oxidative status, thyroid function, and immune parameters of broilers

HA El-Maaty, S Sherif, AE Taha, AM Al-Otaibi… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of rearing Cobb500 broiler chickens under 3 different housing systems (floor
litter, floor plastic, and batteries) without or with feed additive (Butinov) on broiler …

Effect of different flooring designs on the performance and foot pad health in broilers and turkeys

B Chuppava, C Visscher, J Kamphues - Animals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The contact of the birds' feet with litter and their excreta during the fattening
period might lead to reduced body weight, carcass weight, feed intake, and impaired foot …

Effects of different floor housing systems on the welfare of fast-growing broilers with an extended fattening period

E Çavuşoğlu, M Petek, IM Abdourhamane… - Archives Animal …, 2018 - aab.copernicus.org
This study was made to investigate the long-term effects of different floor housing systems on
the welfare of fast-growing broilers. The experiment was performed on 210-day-old fast …

Factors that influence the production, environment, and welfare of broiler chicken: A systematic review

MS Baracho, IA Nääs, PS Betin… - Brazilian Journal of Poultry …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of the present study was to characterize the scientific production regarding the
factors that influence broiler chicken production, and that were published from 2000 to 2015 …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of housing floor on air quality, growth traits, and immunity in broiler chicken farms

ES Soliman, RA Hassan - Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci, 2020 - nexusacademicpublishers.com
One of the challenges face the broiler industry is the choice of the floor system depending on
its availability, cost, and ease of handling. The influence of different floors (wood shaving …

Influence of using perforated plastic flooring beneath the waterline on growth performance, litter quality, and footpad health of broiler chickens: a field study

SJ Sonnabend, F Spieß, B Reckels, MFE Ahmed… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The standard housing method in Europe's poultry farming is to keep
broilers on a littered concrete floor. Therefore, wood shavings are used to catch moisture to …

The effects of feed particle size and floor type on the growth performance, GIT development, and pododermatitis in broiler chickens

A Abd El-Wahab, JP Kriewitz, J Hankel, B Chuppava… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of dietary structural components like whole grains together with
using different floor designs is of great interest in terms of alterations of the digestive tract …

Evaluation of productive and reproductive performance of Japanese quails in floor pens and conventional cages with different stocking densities

TM El-Sheikh - Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, 2016 - journals.ekb.eg
This study was designed (2 x 3) to evaluate the effects of different housing systems;(floor
pens and battery cages) and stocking density (20, 30 and 60 birds/m2) from 4-16 weeks of …

Effects of fully or partially slatted flooring designs on the performance, welfare and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens

E Topal, M Petek - British Poultry Science, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of fully (FSF) or partially (PSF) flooring
designs on animal-based welfare indicators in a fast-growing broiler genotype. Growth …