Stocking density is an important factor for animal production performance. It appears particularly urgent and important to research systematically on stocking density for the dual restriction of environmental protection and animal welfare. This review dealt with the influence of stocking density on ...

Commercial practice in poultry production management has been susceptible to increased problems, driven by concerns about safety of food and animal welfare. Thus, the main proposal of the present study was to evaluate the influence of different stocking densities on performance, blood, and carcass...

High stocking density is used in aquaculture to optimize farming. However, such strategies can stress territorial fish by increasing aggression, thus harming the fish welfare and productive performance. Here, we tested the effect of long-term tactile body stimulation (TS) on alleviating the impact...

Relative performance of stocking densities and types of artificial shelters in the nursery production of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii in net cages was assessed. For the effects of stocking density, giant freshwater prawn juveniles (mean= 0.2 g ±0.001) were cultured in 12...

Context: Minimal information is available as to the optimal stocking density and light intensity for best performance of commercial ducks. Aims: To investigate the effects of stocking density and light intensity on commercial Pekin duck production. Methods: Cherry Valley and Grimaud Freres Pekin...

In recent decades, goose production has become more specialized and widespread, and rearing geese in plastic wire-floor pens is common in China. This type of rearing pattern is more productive than other rearing patterns since it allows for more birds per square meter. However, it brings some...

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different stocking populations of tilapia nilotica fish in their aquaculture on some maintenance behavior, performance, economic values, and hormonal concentration levels. On this research, 300 tilapia nilotica fish were distributed into...

In the Netherlands, the welfare of farmed fish is subject of growing public and governmental concern. Comparable to concerns regarding the intensity of terrestrial livestock production, stocking densities applied in fish farming have been highlighted as an important area of welfare concern. The...

Grow-out culture of mud crabs Scylla serrata in East Africa is at an earlier development phase and is dependent on wild seed crabs. We assessed three different culture systems (net cages, ponds and pens) in three treatments (shelter, size and density) to evaluate survival and growth in small-scale...

The present study was to explore the influence of stocking density on the growth, blood biochemistry, and antioxidant capacity indicators of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) cultured in the bank (60 cm× 60 cm×40 cm) based recirculating systems for 40d. Fish (average weight 175.76±15.85 g) were...