"Since the third edition was published in 1992 there have been many more developments in the poultry industry, and these are included in this fourth edition: new systems which are environmentally and welfare 'friendly'; much more emphasis on hygiene and vaccines in disease contr…
"Since the third edition was published in 1992 there have been many more developments in the poultry industry, and these are included in this fourth edition: new systems which are environmentally and welfare 'friendly'; much more emphasis on hygiene and vaccines in disease contr…
For much of human history, most of the population lived and worked on farms but today, information about livestock is more likely to come from children's books than hands-on experience. When romanticized notions of an agrarian lifestyle meet with the realities of the modern ind…
The welfare of egg-producing poultry is a topic of great concern to the poultry industry and to researchers in applied animal behaviour. It is also subject to increased legislation. Issues such as battery cages, space requirements, access to daylight and ''free-range'' eggs have…
