Poultry Welfare

Poultry Welfare is the condition of physical, behavioral, and physiological well-being of domesticated fowl, assessed and improved through scientific research methods and professional management practices.

5.3K

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206.3K

Citations

11.6K

Authors

1.9K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

906

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Beak TrimmingBehavioral Indicators Of WelfareBreeder WelfareBroiler WelfareDisease Impacts On WelfareDuck WelfareEnvironmental EnrichmentFeather PeckingFeed AccessFlock Dynamics

Publications

5.3K

Anticoccidial drugs: Lesion scoring techniques in battery and floor-pen experiments with chickens

Joyce Johnson, W. Malcolm Reid · Experimental Parasitology · 1970 · 1.4K citations

Agriculture, Poultry Science, Veterinary Pharmacology +12

Physiology and biochemistry of the domestic fowl

International Journal of Biochemistry · 1985 · 1.1K citations

Agriculture, Poultry Science, Veterinary Physiology +9

Heat stress impairs performance parameters, induces intestinal injury, and decreases macrophage activity in broiler chickens

W.M. Quinteiro-Filho, Adrielle Aparecida Paulista Ribeiro, V. Ferraz-de-Paula et al. · Poultry Science · 2010 · 697 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Immunology, Poultry Science +17

Accommodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens

Frank Schaeffel, Adrian Glasser, Howard C. Howland · Vision Research · 1988 · 695 citations

Agriculture, Poultry Science, Veterinary Ophthalmology +14

Chicken welfare is influenced more by housing conditions than by stocking density

Marian Stamp Dawkins, Christl A. Donnelly, Tracey Jones · Nature · 2004 · 674 citations

Agriculture, Poultry Science, Animal Welfare +13

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Authors

11.6K

CJ
Christine J Nicol
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
58 publications · 4.8K citations
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BO
B. O. Hughes
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
41 publications · 3K citations
32
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ID
I.J.H. Duncan
University of Guelph, Canada
40 publications · 3K citations
32
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T.B. Rodenburg
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
43 publications · 2.6K citations
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ID
I.C. de Jong
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
38 publications · 2.5K citations
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Poultry Science
951 publications · 35.8K citations
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Applied Animal Behaviour Science
267 publications · 14.9K citations
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British Poultry Science
274 publications · 13.4K citations
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World s Poultry Science Journal
153 publications · 8.7K citations
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Animal Behaviour
73 publications · 5.1K citations
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See also Poultry Welfare
Assessment Measures	Welfare Indicators Behavior Perching Exploratory Behavior Feather Pecking Aggression Endocrine Biomarkers Of Stress Epigenetic Biomarkers Body Temperature
Management Practices	Environmental Enrichment Flock Turnover Planning Density Management Environmental Monitoring Monitoring Biosecurity
Improvement Strategies	Environmental Enrichment Internet Of Things Precision Livestock Farming Density Management Indoor Climate Control Behavior Analysis Computer Vision
Housing Systems	Environmental Enrichment Stocking Density Cage-free Housing Space Allocation Ventilation Systems
Welfare Risks	Cold Stress Transport Stress Transport Duration Effects Vehicle Vibration Contact Dermatitis Parasitism Feather Pecking Aggression Chronic Stress Heat Stress Pathogen Transmission Respiratory Disease