Publications

Bessei, W. (2004). Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in der Legehennenhaltung. DGfZ-Schriftenreihe - Sachstand und Perspektiven der Legehennenhaltung - Internationale Legehennentagung, 4. Dezember, Leipzig 36: 5-15.

• Bessei, W. (2004). Experiences with modified enriched cages (MEC) for laying hens. Vortrag, Erfahrungen zur Boden, Volieren- und Freilandhaltung, Bonn 2004
• Bessei, W. (D1.2). Report with consensual version of welfare definition and welfare indicators
• Bessei, W. and P. Gayer (2005). Alternative Haltungssyteme für Legehennen. Vortrag, LAF-Tagung, Hohenheim, 22.02.05
• Bessei, W. and P. Gayer (2005). Neue Ergebnisse zur Kleingruppenhaltung. Vortrag, WPSA Jahrestagung, Papenburg 2005
• Bessei, W., Prof., Dr., (2004). Bedeutung und Gestaltung von Kaltscharrräumen. Jahrbuch für die Geflügelwirtschaft 107-112.
• Blokhuis, H.J. Welfare implications of changes in production systems for laying hens.
• Buil López-Menchero, T. (2006). Development of a System to assess an audit on laying hens welfare. Thesis, approx. defence date: 2006.
• Buttow Roll, V. F. (2005). Productivity and animal welfare on commercial laying hens housed in furnished cage systems. PhD-thesis.
• Colson S, Arnould C, Guémené D & Michel V. Bien-être de poules pondeuses logées en cage ou en volière : paramètres physiologiques et comportementaux. 6èmes Journées de la Recherche Avicole, St Malo, France, March 30-31, 2005.
• Croxall, R.A.; Elson, H.A.; Walker, A.W. Effects of beak trimming on laying hens in furnished cages. Proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, 15-19 June 2005, Lublin, Poland. In: Polish Academy of Sciences Animal Science Papers and Reports Quarterly, V 23, supplement 1. Pp. 71-76.
• de Jong, I.C., Kjaer, J.B. and Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., (D4.3) Substrate preferences in chickens selected for and against feather pecking behaviour.
• de Jong, I.C., Wolthuis-Fillerup, M. and van Reenen, K., (D4.3) Substrate preferences in laying hens.
• de Jong, I.C., Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., Reuvekamp, B. and Fiks, T., (D4.5) Evaluation of substrate quality in two different housing systems (barn systems and furnished cages) for laying hens with respect to dustbathing and foraging behaviour.
• de Jong, I.C., and Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., (D4.4) Definition of behavioural indicators to evaluate substrate quality in different housing systems for laying hens.
• Fiks-van Niekerk, T.G.C.M. & R.A. van Emous (D2.2) Description of housing systems for Laying hens
• Fiks-van Niekerk, T.G.C.M., 2005. Housing systems for laying hens and their effect on egg quality. XIth European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products, 23-26 May 2005.
• Fiks-van Niekerk, T.G.C.M., Elson, H. A. Categories of housing systems for laying hens. Proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, 15-19 June 2005, Lublin, Poland. In: Polish Academy of Sciences Animal Science Papers and Reports Quarterly, V 23, supplement 1. Pp. 283-284.
• Guesdon, V, Leterrier C, Constantin P, Guémené D, Couty M & Faure JM. (2004) Humeral quality and adrenal responsiveness in laying hens reared in standard and furnished cages. Animal Research, 53:235-243.
• Guesdon, V. (2004) (thesis) Etude comparative de poules pondeuses épointées ou non élevées en cage standard ou aménagées : estimation multicritères du bien-être. Thèse U. Rennes I, 220p.
• Guémené D, Couty M, Guesdon V, Moe RO, Lervik S, Michel V & Faure JM. (2005) Impact sur plusieurs indicateurs de bien-être des systemes « cage » et des pratiques d'élevage chez la poule pondeuse. 1ères Journées d'Animation Scientifique du Département PHASE (INRA), Tours, France, Mars 15-16. p223.
• Guémené D, Couty M, Guesdon V, Moe RO, Lervik S, Michel V & Faure JM. 2004. Bien-être des poules pondeuses en cages conventionnelles ou aménagées : quels sont les enseignements des essais conduits en station expérimentale ? Journée Nationale ITAVI des Professionnels de la pondeuse et de l’œuf de consommation, 9 Décembre 2004, Ploufragan, France. 11p.
• Guémené D, Couty M, Guesdon V, Moe RO, Lervik S, Michel V, Colson S, Faure JM, Buil T, Chacon G, Maria G, Cepero R, Wilkins LJ, Brown SN, Zimmerman PH, Nicol CJ. Physiological indicators input in the welfare assessment of various housing systems for laying hens. 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, Lublin (Poland), 15-19 juin 2005 (Poster). Animal Science Papers and Reports 23(1): p269-270.
• Guémené D, Couty, M. & Simon, E. (2005) La cage idéale : avec quels aménagements et pour quels génotypes ? Journée Nationale ITAVI des Professionnels de la pondeuse et de l’œuf de consommation, 8 Décembre 2005, Ploufragan, France. p
• Guémené D, Guesdon V, Moe RO, Michel V & Faure JM. (2004) Production and stress parameters in laying hens beak-trimmed or not, housed in standard or furnished cages. In : 22nd World's Poultry Congress; Istanbul (TUR); 2004/06/08-13, Proceedings:321(abstract), CDROM:[/1225.pdf] 4p. WPSA, turkish branch, Izmir (TUR).
• Guémené D, Guesdon V, Moe RO, Michel V & Faure JM. (2005) Paramètres de production et indicateur de bien-être chez des poules pondeuses épointées ou non, élevées en cages standard et aménagées. 6èmes Journées de la Recherche Avicole, St Malo, France, March 30-31 Ed ITAVI, Paris (FRA). Abstract p 29. Full text (CD Roms) p82-86.
• Guémené,D. (D5.4) Physiology and stress indicators.
• Kjaer, J. B., (D4.6) Behavioural function of production systems for laying hens.
• Kjaer, J.B., Fiks, T., de Jong, I.C., Nicol, C.J., van Reenen, K., Reuvekamp, B., Weeks, C.A., and Wolthuis-Fillerup, M., (D4.7) Behaviour.
• Moe RO, Guémené D, Larsen HJS, Bakken M, Lervik S, Hetland H & Tauson R. (2004) Effect of pre-laying rearing conditions in laying hens housed in standard or furnished cages on various indicators of animal welfare. In : 22nd World's Poultry Congress; Istanbul (TUR); 2004/06/08-13, Proceedings:329 (abstract), CDROM:[\1619.pdf] 4p. WPSA, turkish branch, Izmir (TUR).
• Moe RO, Guémené D, Larsen HJS, Bakken M, Lervik S, Michel V. & Tauson R. Adrenal- and immune responsiveness in laying hens: Interactions between housing system and pre-laying rearing conditions. Submitted for publication to British Poultry Science.
• Nicol, C.J., Brown, S.N., Glen, E., Pope, S.J., Short, F.J., Warriss, P.D., Zimmerman, P.H., and Wilkins, L.J. (2005) Effects of Stocking Density, Flock Size and Management on The Welfare of Laying Hens in Single-Tier Aviaries. Accepted for publication in British Poultry Science.
• Nicol, C.J., Dixon, G., Green, L.E., Weeks, C.A. and Whay, H.R. (2005) On-farm data collection to assess and improve laying hen welfare. Proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, 15-19 June 2005, Lublin, Poland. In: Polish Academy of Sciences Animal Science Papers and Reports 23, Supplement 1, 17-25. (Invited paper).
• Tauson, R. , K. Elwinger, Karl-Erik Holm & H. Wall (D3.2-3.3) Analyses of a data base for health parameters in different housing systems
• Simon, E. (2005) Influence du modèle de cage, de la taille de groupe et du génotype sur des critères zootechniques et comportementaux chez la poule pondeuse élevée en cage aménagée. Mémoire ESA d’Angers. p.
• Tauson R. and Holm, K.-E. Mortality, production and use of facilities in furnished cages for layers in commercial egg production in Sweden from 1998-2003. Proceedings of the 7:th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, Lublin, Poland, June 2005. Animal Science Papers and Reports. 23: 95-102.
• Tauson, R., Kjaer, J., Maria, G.A., Cepero, R, and Holm, K-E. (D3.1) Applied scoring of integument and health in laying hens.
• Tauson, R., Kjaer, J., Maria, G.A., Cepero, R. & Holm, K.-E. 2005. Applied scoring of integument and health in laying hens. On internet based homepage address www.livsmedelssverige.org/hona/scoringsystem
• Tauson, R., Kjaer, J., Maria, L. and Cepero, R. Applied scoring of integument and health in laying hens. Proceedings of the 7:th European symposium on poultry welfare, Lublin, Poland, June 2005. Animal Science Papers and Reports. 23: 153-159.
• Van de Weerd H.A, Fiks-van Niekerk, T.G.C.M, Elson, H.A. Overcoming barriers of study-specific methodology to facilitate meta-analysis of laying hen welfare data in the LayWel project. Proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, 15-19 June 2005, Lublin, Poland. In: Polish Academy of Sciences Animal Science Papers and Reports Quarterly, V 23, supplement 1. Pp. 291-295.
• Van de Weerd, H.E. & H.A. Elson (D6.2) Report on Production and Egg quality.
• Wall, H. & Tauson, R. 2005a. Uppfödningen har betydelse för värphöns i inredda burar. Fjäderfä 2005 (8): 24-26.
• Wall, H. & Tauson, R. 2005b. Produktion, befjädring och stress hos två hybrider i olika inhysningssystem. Fjäderfä 2005 (10): 58-60.
• Weeks, C.A , C.J. Nicol (D7.1) Overall strengths and weaknesses of each defined housing system for laying hens, and detailing the overall welfare impact of each housing system.
• Weeks, C.A , C.J. Nicol, S.M. Haslam and R.C.Whay (D7.2) Manual that can be used to audit the welfare of laying hens at a farm level in whatever housing system they are held.
• Weeks, C.A , C.J. Nicol, S.M. Haslam and R.C.Whay (in press/2006) Self-evaluation of laying hen welfare on farm. British Poultry Abstracts, 2 (1)
• Weeks, C.A. and Nicol, C.J. (submitted/2006) Preferences of laying hens. World’s Poultry Science Journal.
• Weeks, C.A. and Nicol, C.J., (D4.2) Prevalence of feather pecking in various production systems.
• Zimmerman, P.H., Brown, S.N., Glen, E., Lindberg, C., Pope, S.J., Short, F.J., Warriss, P.D., Wilkins, L.J. & Nicol, C.J., (2005) The effects of stocking rate and modified management on the welfare of laying hens in Non-Cage System. 7th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, Lublin (Poland), 15-19 juin 2005. Animal Science Papers and Reports 23(1): p181-188.