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The Laying Hen and its Environment

A Seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organised by R. Moss and V. Fischbach, and held at Luxembourg, March 11–13, 1980

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  1. R. Moss

    1. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine (CTVM, volume 8)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Opening Remarks

    1. Opening Remarks

      • R. Moss
      Pages 1-1

  3. Current Knowledge of ‘Normal’ Range of Behaviour and Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. The Ethogram of the Domesticated Hen

      • I. J. H. Duncan
      Pages 5-18

    3. To Adapt the Environment to the Bird or the Bird to the Environment?

      • J. M. Faure
      Pages 19-42

    4. Some Considerations Regarding Optimum Environmental Conditions for Laying Hens in Cage Management

      • J. Petersen
      Pages 43-64

    5. Corticosteroids in Laying Hens

      • G. Beuving
      Pages 65-84

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 85-97
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  5. Behavioural and Physiological Needs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. The Regulation of Dustbathing and Other Behaviour Patterns in the Laying Hen: A Lorenzian Approach

      • K. Vestergaard
      Pages 101-120

    3. Essential Behavioural Needs

      • D. W. Fölsch
      Pages 121-147

    4. The Assessment of Behavioural Needs

      • B. O. Hughes
      Pages 149-166

    5. Essential Behavioural Needs: The Mixed Motivation Approach

      • W. Bessei
      Pages 167-180

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 181-192
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  7. Measurement of Essential and Behavioural Needs as Provided by the Present Husbandry Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Measurement of Essential and Behavioural Needs as Provided by Present Husbandry Systems: Battery, ‘Get-Away’ Cage, Aviary

      • R.-M. Wegner
      Pages 195-205

    3. Putting Science into Practice

      • J. Amanda Hill
      Pages 207-225

    4. The Pre-Laying Behaviour of Laying Hens in Cages with and without Laying Nests

      • G. C. Brantas
      Pages 227-237

    5. Some System Definitions and Characteristics

      • C. M. Hann
      Pages 239-258

    6. Moulting in the Domestic Hen (Gallus domesticus) and Its Use and Effect

      • J. Fris Jensen
      Pages 259-268
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About this book

The welfare of domestic poultry. particularly those kept under intensive housing conditions is a subject ~n which many. often divergent and conflicting views. are held. This divergence, may be the result either of insufficient knowledge of the facts of particular poultry husbandry systems or a differing interpretation of those facts. With regard to poultry and the laying hen in particular. there is a need to gather together a basic knowledge of avian behaviour in all the circumstances and systems of husbandry under which birds are presently being kept. That knowledge should lead to the development of interpretative and hopefully predictive theories which in turn will allow us to meet the recommendations of Article 3 of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes: 'that animals shall be housed, provided with food. water and care in a manner which - having regard to their species and to their degree of development. adaptation and domestication - is appropriate to their physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge'. In furtherance of those objectives a small group of specialists in poultry physiology and ethology. both from within and outside the European Community met by invitation of the Commission in Luxembourg between 11 and 13 March 1980. Their objective was to discuss what is already known. and can be agreed on. of the normal physiology and ethological range of the laying hen.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, UK

    R. Moss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Laying Hen and its Environment

  • Book Subtitle: A Seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare, organised by R. Moss and V. Fischbach, and held at Luxembourg, March 11–13, 1980

  • Editors: R. Moss

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8922-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8924-5Published: 09 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8922-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 340

  • Topics: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Animal Ecology

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