Detailed programme

Session 9 – Poultry behaviour and environmental enrichment

Chairpersons: Guro Vasdal, Lubor Kostal

09:00–09:15

Effects of qualitative feed restriction on learning ability and judgement bias in broiler breeder pullets
KE. Wurtz, HW. Neave, AB. Riber

09:15–09:30

Does unpredictable chronic mild stress induce pessimistic judgment bias in laying hens?
Ľ. Košťál, M. Okuliarová, M. Zeman, K. Pichová

09:30–09:45

Does complexity of aviary design affect hippocampal plasticity in laying hens?
MJ. Craven, JH. Guy, T. Boswell, TV. Smulders

09:45–10:00

Use of artificial light cues improve early life ramp use behaviour of laying hens in rearing aviaries
A. Johny, D. Guggisberg, MJ. Toscano, A. Stratmann

10:00–10:15

Light intensity preference of layer pullets is affected by behaviour at a young age
JAJ. van der Eijk, M. Wolthuis-Fillerup, TI. Garcia-Faria, J. van Riel, T. van Niekerk, IC. de Jong

10:15–10:35

Coffee break

10:35–10:50

Something to stay for? Does an automatic enrichment device increase the attractiveness of a winter garden for laying hens?
A. Riedel, B. Spindler, N. Kemper

10:50–11:05

How providing dried black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) affects broiler activity
N. van Leuffen, AF. Ipema, JE. Bolhuis

11:05–11:20

Tree-ranging broiler chickens: how silvopasture impacts ranging behaviour
L. Jacobs, B. Paneru, A. Downing, J. Munsell, J. Fike, G. Pent

11:20–11:35

Laying hens display resilience to sleep disruption
E. Putyora, S. Brocklehurst, V. Sandilands

11:35–11:50

Fat and furious: Dominant hens gain more weight over time in aviaries
KJ. Grethen, L. Candelotto, Y. Gómez, MJ. Toscano

11:50–12:15

12:15–13:30

Lunch

13:45–18:15

Technical tours