Fig. 3.1 Relevant features of the natural habitat have been provided for these spoonbills in the form of several nesting platforms, sticks for nesting material and an adjacent body of…
Fig. 2.1 Defra poster providing authoritative information on the avian flu and allaying fears about pet bird keeping 2.2 Birds as Symbols Birds cross-culturally have long been powerful symbols linking…
Fig. 6.1 Relative spectral sensitivity of the photopic domestic broiler fowl and the human, normalized to a sensitivity of 100% at 550 nm. (Adapted from Prescott and Wathes, 1999a) Birds respond…
Fig. 12.1 World inventory of (live) food producing animals, based on 2007 data (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008) GF = Guineafowl Fig. 12.2 Changes in consumption…
Fig. 8.1 Relationship between lameness (gait score) and liveweight of 3 genotype groupings of 13 genotypes at 54 days of age fed a non-limiting (NL) or Label Rouge (LR) diet….
Anthony, N.B., Emmerson, D.A., Nestor, K.E. and Bacon, W.L. (1990). Divergent selection for body weight and yolk precursor in Coturnix coturnix japonica. 8 A summary of correlated responses. Poultry Science,…
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Fig. 10.1 The amount of space required by hens to perform a range of behaviours (circles) compared to the amount of space typically provided by a conventional cage (square) (after…
Freedom … Examples of compromise from thirst, hunger and malnutrition Broilers on restricted diets may be constantly hungry; companion birds fed inappropriate diets will be malnourished. The nature and level…
Ian J. H. Duncan and Penny Hawkins (eds.)Animal WelfareThe Welfare of Domestic Fowl and Other Captive Birds10.1007/978-90-481-3650-6_4© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 4. Training Companion Birds Greg Glendell1 (1) The Pet Parrot Consultancy, Axbridge, BS26 2WD,…
