{"id":10661,"date":"2016-04-08T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T12:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmhealthonline.com\/?page_id=10661"},"modified":"2016-04-11T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T10:56:34","slug":"poultry-welfare-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.farmhealthonline.com\/US\/health-welfare\/poultry\/poultry-welfare-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Poultry Welfare Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poultry Welfare Assessment<\/h4>\n
\"Feather<\/a>

This two-page leaflet provides practical guidance on Managing a Feather Loss Problem.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

“To ensure we are improving farm animal welfare we need to be able to measure it. Measuring welfare enables us to know what level is being achieved on-farm and therefore better understand what impact the resources being provided and management practices being implemented are having on the anim<\/em>al” www.assurewel.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit our Animal Welfare Assessment <\/a>page in Veterinary Questions to find out more about welfare assessment and visit the AssureWel <\/a>website for practical information on assessing the welfare of poultry. <\/strong>AssureWel is a collaboration the RSPCA, Soil Association and University of Bristol, supported by the Tubney Charitable Trust. Its main aim has been to develop a practical system of welfare outcome assessment for the major farm animal species, which can be used in farm assurance schemes.<\/p>\n

Laying Hens<\/h4>\n

\"The<\/a>The following core measures have been identified by AssureWel as being important and practical indicators of laying hen welfare.<\/p>\n

1.Feather loss<\/a>
\n2.Bird dirtiness
\n3.Beak trimming
\n4.Antagonistic behaviours<\/a>
\n5.Flightiness
\n6.Birds needing further care
\n7.Mortality<\/p>\n

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Measuring Feather Loss<\/h4>\n

Feather loss is a key indicator of hen welfare. A Feather Loss Benchmarking Tool<\/a> has been produced by the AssureWel project which allows farmers to record and compare the severity of feather loss with other that found on other farms.\n<\/div>\n

Broilers or Table Birds<\/h4>\n

\"Broilers<\/a>The following core measures have been identified by AssureWel as being important to assess as practical for table birds or broilers.<\/p>\n

At a whole flock level:<\/span>
\n1.Bird distribution
\n2.Air quality
\n3.Panting
\n4.Dirtiness
\n5.General health<\/p>\n

\"Ascites<\/a><\/p>\n

On a 20% sample of birds via a defined walk:
\n1.Walking ability
\n2.Dirtiness
\n3.Birds requiring culling
\n4.Dead birds & runts
\n5.Litter condition
\n6.Behavior<\/p>\n

On Individual birds (25 penned birds):
\n\"OLYMPUS<\/a>1.Pododermatitis<\/a>
\n2.Hock burn<\/p>\n

From on-farm records:
\n1.Mortality & Culls
\n2.Antibiotic records
\n3.Post-slaughter records<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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