Advances in Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 941
Special Issue Editors
Interests: poultry welfare; poultry housing; poultry production and management; abnormal behaviour
Interests: poultry welfare; poultry management; behaviour; health; broilers; layers; turkeys
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Poultry behaviour and welfare are increasingly becoming focused on in society. Improving poultry behaviour and welfare includes creating animal-friendly housing conditions and management practices, the avoidance of negative experiences and suffering, and a positive affective state. Poultry is subject to variable housing conditions and management practices. The refinement and adaptation of husbandry systems thus might contribute to behaviour and welfare improvements while maintaining or increasing production performance.
The Special Issue aim is to publish high-quality papers focused on advanced poultry welfare and behaviour, including current welfare issues for various poultry species. Manuscripts published within this Special Issue may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- The effects of environment and production systems on poultry behaviour and poultry welfare;
- Influence of management practices on poultry behaviour and welfare;
- Influence of social and physical stressors on poultry behaviour and welfare;
- Assessment and validation of indicators and reference values of poultry behaviour and welfare;
- Novel welfare indicators for poultry;
- Welfare assessment tools for poultry.
Investigations may cover topics which focus on advances in housing conditions, such as group size, group stability, provision of enrichment material, temperature, light conditions, space provision, and outdoor access. Studies on management interventions, such as vaccination strategies, feeding regimes, or those discussing behavioural parameters, are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Birgit Spindler
Dr. Carolin Adler
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- poultry welfare
- poultry behaviour
- housing conditions
- management practices
- abnormal behaviour
- welfare indicators
