Advances in poultry welfare.

Advances in Poultry Welfare fully explores developments in the key areas of poultry welfare assessment and improvement. Analyzing current topical issues, as well as reviewing the historical welfare issues, the volume is a comprehensive review of the field.

Divided into six sections, the book opens with an introduction to poultry welfare research. Part Two moves on to review poultry management, from rearing to slaughter. The third Part looks at welfare assessment on the farm. Part Four explores the challenges in poultry welfare, such as skeletal problems and cannibalism. Part Five details emerging issues in the field. Chapters in this section cover organic poultry production and climate change for instance. The book concludes with a summary section provided by the editor.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Advances in Poultry Welfare is set to be a standard reference for welfare research scientists and students, practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, and indeed anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of poultry.

• Provides in-depth reviews of emerging topics, research and applications in poultry welfare
• Integral part of a wider series, Advances in Agricultural Animal Welfare, which will provide comprehensive coverage of animal welfare of the world's major farmed animals
• Covers a range of topical issues within the field, from beak-trimming and skeletal problems, to early rearing and the design and management of poultry production systems