Behavior, physiology, performance and physical condition of layers in conventional and large furnished cages in a hot environment

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Shimmura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirahara, Satoshi ^b   Eguchi, Yusuke ^a   Uetake, Katsuji ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Prefectual Livestock Industry Technical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Furnished cage; Laying hen; Performance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34248227392     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Abrahamsson P, Fossum O, Tauson R. 1998. Health of layers in an aviary system over five batches of birds. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 39, 367 379.
2. Abrahamsson P, Tauson R. 1997. Effects of group size on performance, health and behaviour in furnished cages for laying hens. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A, Animal Science 46, 254 260.
3. Abrahamsson P, Tauson R, Appleby MC. 1996a. Behaviour, health and integument of four hybrids of laying hens in modified and conventional cages. British Poultry Science 37, 521 540.
4. Abrahamsson P, Tauson R, Elwinger K. 1996b. Effects on production, health and egg quality of varying proportion of wheat and barley in diets for two hybrids of laying hens kept in different housing systems. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A, Animal Science 46, 173 182.
5. Allen J, Perry GC. 1975. Feather pecking and cannibalism in a caged layer flock. British Poultry Science 16, 441 451.
6. Appleby MC, Hughes BO. 1995. The Edinburgh modified cages for laying hens. British Poultry Science 36, 707 718.
7. Appleby MC, Mench JA, Hughes BO. 2004. Poultry Behaviour and Welfare. CABI publishing, Wallingford.
8. Appleby MC, Walker AW, Nicol CJ, Lindberg AC, Freire R, Hughes BO, Elson HA. 2002. Development of furnished cages for laying hens. British Poultry Science 43, 489 500.
9. Black AJ, Hughes BO. 1974. Patterns of comfort behaviour and activity in domestic fowls: a comparison between cages and pens. British Veterinary Journal 130, 23 33.
10. Blokhuis HJ. 2004. Recent development in European and international welfare regulations. World's Poultry Science Journal 60, 469 477.
11. Candland DK, Taylor DB, Dresdale L, Leiphart JM, Solow SP. 1969. Heart rate, aggression and dominance in the domestic chickens. Journal of Comparative Physiology and Psychology 56, 1069 1073.
12. Cheng H, Pohle K. 2005. Behavioural changes and production performance of laying hens in furnished cages vs. conventional cages. Proceedings of the 39th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology 136.
13. Dawkins MS, Hardie S. 1989. Space needs of laying hens. British Poultry Science 30, 413 416.
14. Delhanty JJ, Solomon JB. 1966. The nature of antibodies to goat erythrocytes in the developing chickens. Immunology 11, 103 113.
15. Duncan IJH, Wood-Gush DGM. 1971. Frustration and aggression in the domestic fowl. Animal Behaviour 20, 68 71.
16. Grebenau MD, Thorbecke GJ. 1978. T cell tolerance in the chicken. 1. Parameters affecting tolerance induction to human γ-globulin in agammgaglobulinemic and normal chickens. Journal of Immunology 120, 1046 1053.
17. Hirota Y, Galton J, Lerman SP, Palladino MA, Thorbecke GJ. 1980a. Chemical carcinogen-induced transplantable fibrosarcomas in histocompatible chickens. 2. Effect of age and thymectomy on tumor incidence. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 65, 595 601.
18. Hirota Y, Martin MT, Viljanen M, Toivanen P, Franklin RM. 1980b. Immunopathology of chickens infected in ovo and at hatching with the avian osteopetrosis virus MAV. 2-0. European Journal of Immunology 10, 929 936.
19. Hughes BO, Carmichael NL, Walker AW, Griger PN. 1997. Low incidence of aggression in large flocks of laying hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 54, 215 234.
20. Hughes BO, Duncan IJH. 1972. The influence of strain and environmental factors upon feather pecking and cannibalism in fowls. British Poultry Science 13, 525 547.
21. Hughes BO, Wood-Gush DGM. 1977. Agonistic behaviour in domestic hens: the influence of housing method and group size. Animal Behaviour 25, 1056 1062.
22. Lee DJW, Bolton W. 1976. Battery cage shape: the laying performance of medium- and light-body weight strains of hens. British Poultry Science 17, 321 326.
23. McCorkle F, Glick B. 1980. The effect of aging on immune competence in the chicken: antibody-mediated immunity. Poultry Science 59, 669 672.
24. Michel V, Huonnic D. 2003. A comparison of welfare, health and production performance of laying hens reared in cages or in aviaries. British Poultry Science 44, 775 776.
25. Munns PL, Lamont SJ. 1991. Effect of age and immunization interval on the anamnestic response to T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent antigens in chickens. Poultry Science 70, 2371 2374.
26. Nicol CJ. 1987. Behavioural responses of laying hens following a period of spatial restriction. Animal Behaviour 35, 1709 1719.
27. Perry GC. 2004. Welfare of Laying Hen. CABI publishing, Wallingford.
28. Shimmura T, Eguchi Y, Uetake K, Tanaka T. 2006a. Behavioral change of laying hens after introduction to battery cages, furnished cages and an aviary. Animal Science Journal 77, 242 249.
29. Shimmura T, Eguchi Y, Uetake K, Tanaka T. 2006b. Effect of light intensity and beak trimming on preventing aggression in laying hens. Animal Science Journal 77, 448 454.
30. Shimmura T, Eguchi Y, Uetake K, Tanaka T. 2007a. Behavior, performance and physical condition of laying hens in conventional and small furnished cages. Animal Science Journal 78, 323 329.
31. Shimmura T, Eguchi Y, Uetake K, Tanaka T. 2007b. Differences of behavior, use of resources and physical condition between dominant and subordinate hens in furnished cages. Animal Science Journal 78, 307 313.
32. Siegel HS, Siegel PB. 1961. The relationship of social competition with endocrine weights and activity in male chickens. Animal Behaviour 9, 151 158.
33. Tauson R. 2005. Management and housing systems for layers - effect on welfare and production. World's Poultry Science Journal 61, 477 490.
34. Tauson R, Wahlstrom A, Abrahamsson P. 1999. Effects of two floor housing systems and cages on health, production, and fear response in layer. Applied Poultry Research 8, 152 159.
35. Wall H, Tauson R. 2002. Egg quality in furnished cages for laying hens - effects of crack reduction measures and hybrid. Poultry Science 81, 340 348.
36. Wall H, Tauson R, Elwinger K. 2004. Pop hole passages and welfare in furnished cages for laying hens. British Poultry Science 45, 20 27.
37. Williams GC, Siegel PB, Gross WB. 1977. Social strife in cockerel flocks during the formation of peck rights. Applied Animal Ethology 3, 35 45.
38. Yamamoto S. 1999. Thermoregulation and Environmental Management in Poultry Production. The Book for Group Training in Poultry Production and Breeding Technology, JICA National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukusima.