Dairy cattle housing are designed in different ways. Generally, the tie-stall housing systems, free-stall housing systems and loose housing systems are used in dairy cattle. Loose barn and free-stall barn systems have spread in recent years. Nowadays, housing types and building designs are come...

The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of genotype, age, stocking density, and cage tier on the feather score of egg-laying pure lines. The trial was carried out with five white (BLACK, BLUE, MARON, BROWN, and D229) and six brown (RIR1, RIR2, BAR1, BAR2, COL, and LINE54) eggshell...

Stocking density is one of the important issues in turkey meat production which is enjoyed by consumers as a source of animal protein. This issue is examined in terms of both animal welfare and efficiency in this research. The commercial hybrid white broiler turkey line Hybrid Converter poults were ...

High stocking densities in turkey husbandry have been suggested as being one potential trigger for the occurrence of behavioural disorders like feather pecking and cannibalism. For this reason, more and more scientific and social debates are focusing on this topic. The purpose of this study was to...

In this study, it was aimed to determine of the shelter conditions and welfare levels of Anatolian Black cattle grown in two different regions of Turkey. Accordingly, welfare assessment was made at the farm level according to the Animal Needs Index (ANI 35L/2000) method, a total of 76 in Ankara and ...

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of keel bone deviations and feather damage of laying hens in two different free-range housing systems under commercial conditions. Both of the free-range systems had an indoor barn and an outdoor range area. The floor of the indoor barn consisted of...

This research was carried out to investigate the possibilities of removing the heat stress that may occur in Anatolian water buffaloes with a fogging system and to determine the cooling efficiency of the system. In this context, two 24-headed groups were formed among the water buffaloes that were...

Foot pad and hock dermatitis that are seen in broilers has come up frequently as a remarkable subject due to considering as an indicator for welfare and also development of demand for chicken feet in Asian market. This study was carried out in field conditions with the aim of evaluating effects of...

In this experiment, the effect of cage position (tier level) and cage density on some welfare criteria in Denizli Chickens were investigated. In the experiment, 252 hens were allocated to California type battery cages per partition (48×41×46 cm) systematically to from cage density (3, 4 and 5 hen/...

In this study, the structural status of dairy cattle farms that are members of the Cattle Breeders' Association (CBA) in the Viransehir district of Sanliurfa province and some characteristics of their owners were determined, and their effects on milk yield were investigated. In the study, the data...