Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare

by Barry O. Hughes and Michael C. Appleby

Successful poultry production must be based on sound biological principles. It is evident that poultry biology and behavior must be taken fully into account in the design and management of systems, and in the production and overcoming of problems. This book considers the ways in which the biology and behavior of the birds concerned influences the performance of different systems and are in turn influenced by the environment. Reflecting current concern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851987974
• ISBN13: 9780851987972
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 258 Pages