Detailed programme

08:45–09:00

Opening ceremony

09:00–11:30

Session 1 – Welfare as part of the future of poultry production

Chairpersons: Heleen van de Weerd, Valentina Ferrante

09:00–09:15

Update on welfare of broiler chickens and laying hens on farms
V. Michel

09:15–09:45

Selecting for improved animal welfare contributes to more sustainable production of eggs
T. van de Braak

09:45–10:00

Laying hens nutrition in connection to welfare
E. Skrivanova, M. Skrivan, M. Englmaierova, D. Lanzoni, T. Taubner

10:00–10:15

Does individual performance affect animal welfare in dual-purpose chickens?
S. Becker, W. Büscher, I. Tiemann

10:15–10:45

Coffee break

10:45–11:15

Welfare as part of sustainability of chicken meat production
AM. Neeteson

11:15–11:30

Impact of the Better Chicken Commitment and Adoption of Slower-Growing Breeds on the Welfare of Broiler Chickens
C. Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J. Alonso, K. Hartcher, K. Wurtz, LC. Dawson, D. O’Hagan

11:30–12:45

Session 2 – Welfare assessment and precise livestock farming

Chairpersons: Ingrid de Jong, Arnold Elson

11:30–12:00

A framework for a comprehensive poultry welfare label: scientific, logistic and ethical challenges
F. Tuyttens

12:00–12:15

Automated activity tracking in broilers and applications of the resulting individual-level data
M. van der Sluis, B. de Klerk, R. Stump, M. Joling, R. ten Cate, M. Jacobs, I. Fodor, AC. Bouwman, ED. Ellen

12:15–12:30

Aviary Transect - A practical welfare assessment tool to improve the management of loose-housed laying hens
G. Vasdal, RC. Newberry, I. Estevez, K. Kittelsen, J. Marchewka

12:30–12:45

Do chicks vocalise more or vocalise differently under thermal stress conditions? Towards automated chicks’ stress monitoring based on their vocalisations
M. Mounir, T. Norton

12:45–14:15

Lunch

14:15–16:15

Session 3 – Best practices for poultry housing and management

Chairpersons: Anja Brinch Riber, Victoria Sandilands

14:15–14:45

Precision poultry farming and welfare
T. Norton

14:45–15:00

Best Practice Hens: an EU pilot project to support the transition to cage-free housing systems in the European Union
TB. Rodenburg, X. Averos, V. Bavinck, R. Bronneberg, I. Estevez, P. van Horne, K. Langendries, J. Marchewka, AM. Pérez, T. van Niekerk, A. Riber, P. Sztandarski, F. Tuyttens, L. Van Damme, K. Wurtz, M. Couto, MF. Giersberg

15:00–15:15

Cage-free housing systems – Laying hens between freedoms and capabilities
SG. Gebhardt-Henrich, MB. Petelle, MJ. Toscano

15:15–15:30

Environmental complexity during rearing and laying: effects on stress responsivity and fearfulness in laying hens
L. Dumontier, AM. Janczak, R. Palme, J. Nordgreen

15:30–15:45

Male to female ratio: Less is more
R. van Emous

15:45–16:00

Innovative multifunctional platforms for broiler chickens: effects on litter quality and animal welfare
B. Khalfi, CL. Carvalho, P. Soster de Carvalho, I. Khan, AM. Martinez-Caja, F. Hartmann, B. Van Kerrebroeck, G. Antonissen, F. Tuyttens

16:00–16:15

Platforms make better elevated structures for commercial fattening turkeys than perches made of planks
A. Stratmann, N. Ringgenberg

16:15–16:45

Coffee break, posters

16:45–18:15

Session 4 – Bone quality

Chairpersons: Boris Bilcik, Sezen Özkan

16:45–17:00

Effect of environmental enrichments on leg health and behaviour of fast-growing broiler chickens reared at two different stocking densities
F. Mocz, V. Michel, M. Janvrot, JP. Moysan, A. Keita, AB. Riber, M. Guinebretière

17:00–17:15

New insight to keel bone fracture morphology and the ossification process based on radiographic imaging of Norwegian layers
P. Gretarsson, Å. Søvik, RO. Moe, I. Toftaker, K. Kittelsen

17:15–17:30

Effects of perch type and genotype on resting behaviour and keel bone damage in laying hens
D. Jordan, P. Markič, D. Terčič

17:30–17:45

Computer vision derived pose features are associated with lameness in broilers
I. Fodor, M. Jacobs, ED. Ellen, AC. Bouwman, B. de Klerk, M. van der Sluis

17:45–18:00

Validation of a refined assessment protocol for keel bone damages in local chicken breeds
J. Stuff, S. Becker, S. Hillemacher, M. Lambertz, I. Tiemann

18:00–18:15

Genetic evaluation of tibial in vivo X-ray density measurement in a White Leghorn pure line population
B. Andersson, I.Dunn, P. Wilson, H. McCormack, S. Struthers, D. Cavero, M. Schmutz, R. Preisinger, J. Tetens

Poster session