Pop hole use by hens with different keel fracture status monitored throughout the laying period

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 494-

  Richards, G J ^a   Wilkins, L J ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Booth, F ^a   Toscano, M J ^a   Nicol, C J ^a   Brown, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BONE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEATHER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

AVES;

EID: 84862087134     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100489     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. ARMITAGE, P. & BERRY, G. (1987) Statistical methods in Medical Research. 3rd edn. Blackwell Scientific Publications. pp 472-477
2. DANTZER, R. & KELLEY, K. W. (2007) Twenty years of research on cytokine-induced sickness behaviour. Brain Behaviour and Immunity 21, 153-160 (Pubitemid 46038917)
3. EINHORN, T. A. (1998) The cell and molecular biology of fracture healing. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Oct; (suppl 355): S7-21
4. FLECKNELL, P. (2008) Analgesia from a veterinary perspective. British Journal of Anaesthesia 101, 121-124 (Pubitemid 351881901)
5. FREIRE, R., WILKINS, L. J., SHORT, F. & NICOL, C. J. (2003) Behaviour and welfare of individual laying hens in a non-cage system. British Poultry Science 44, 22-29 (Pubitemid 37399798)
6. FOSSUM, O., JANSSON, D. S., ETTERLIN, P. E. & VÅGSHOLM, I. (2009) Causes of mortality in laying hens in different housing systems in 2001 to 2004. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 51, 3
7. GREGORY, N. G. & WOTTON, S. B. (1990) Effect of stunning on spontaneous physical activity and evoked activity in the brain. British Poultry Science 31, 215-220
8. GREGORY, N. G., WILKINS, L. J., KESTIN, S. C., BELYAVIN, C. G. & ALVEY, D. M. (1991) Effect of husbandry system on broken bones and bone strength in hens. Veterinary Record 128, 397-399
9. GREGORY, N. G. & WILKINS, L. J. (1996) Effect of age on bone strength and the prevalence of broken bones in perchery laying hens. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 44, 31-32 (Pubitemid 126492235)
10. HEGELUND, L., SØRENSEN, J. T. , KJAER, J. B. & KRISTENSEN, I. S. (2005) Use of the range area in organic egg production systems: effect of climatic factors, flock size, age and artificial cover. British Poultry Science 46, 1-8 (Pubitemid 40440872)
11. HOCKING, P. M., ROBERTSON, G. W. & GENTLE, M. J. (2005) Effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on pain-related behaviour in a model of articular pain in the domestic fowl. Research in Veterinary Science 78, 69-75 (Pubitemid 39406735)
12. JOYNER, C. J., PEDDIE, M. J. & TAYLOR, T. G. (1987) The effect of age on egg production in the domestic hen. General and Comparative Endocrinology 65, 331-336
13. NASR, M. A. F. , MURRELL, J., WILKINS, L. J. & NICOL, C. J. (2011) The effect of keel fractures on egg production parameters, mobility and behaviour in individual laying hens. Animal Welfare 21, 127-135
14. NICOL, C. J., BROWN, S. N., GLEN, E., POPE, S. J., SHORT, F. J., WARRISS, P. D., ZIMMERMAN, P. H. & WILKINS, L. J. (2006) Effects of stocking density, flock size and management on the welfare of laying hens in single-tier aviaries. British Poultry Science 47, 135-146
15. RASBASH, J., BROWNE, W. J., HEALY, M., CAMERON, B. & CHARLTON, C. (2010) MLwiN version 2.20, Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol
16. RICHARDS, G. J., NASR, M. A., BROWN, S. N., GONZÁLES-SZAMOCKI, E. M., MURRELL, J., BARR, F. & WILKINS, L. J. (2011a) Radiography of laying hens: a useful tool for identifying keel bone fractures and assessing healing in live birds. Veterinary Record doi:10.1136/vr.d4404
17. RICHARDS, G. J., WILKINS, L. J., KNOWLES, T. G., BOOTH, F., TOSCANO, M. J., NICOL, C. J. & BROWN, S. N. (2011b) Continuous monitoring of pop hole usage by commercially housed free range hens throughout the production cycle. Veterinary Record doi:10.1136/vr.d4603
18. RODENBURG, B. T., TUYTTENS, F. A. M., DE REU, K., HERMAN, L., ZOONS, J. & SONCK, B. (2006) Proceedings of the 40th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Bristol, August 8 to 12, 2006.
19. SATO, J. (2003) Weather change and pain: a behavioural animal study of the influences of simulated meteorological changes on chronic pain. International Journal of Biometeorol 47, 55-61 (Pubitemid 37231639)
20. WEEKS, C. A. & NICOL, C. J. (2006) Behavioural needs, priorities and preferences of laying hens. World's Poultry Science Journal 62, 297-308
21. WILKINS, L. J., BROWN, S. N., ZIMMERMAN, P. H., LEEB, C. & NICOL, C. J. (2004) Investigation of palpation as a method for determining the prevalence of keel and furculum damage in laying hens. Veterinary Record 155, 547-549 (Pubitemid 39504565)
22. WILKINS, L. J., MCKINSTRY, J. L., AVERY, N. C., KNOWLES, T. G., BROWN, S. N., TARLTON, J. & NICOL, C. J. (2011) Influence of housing system and design on bone strength and keel bone fractures in laying hens. Veterinary Record 169, 414
23. YONG, L., CUMMINGS, J. & HUARD, J. (2001) Muscle injury and repair. Current Opinion in Orthopedics 12, 409-415 (Pubitemid 32917767)