WORLD’S POULTRY SCIENCE JOURNAL Xth European Symposium on Poultry Welfare education organization 19 - 22 June 2017 research Ploufragan - France Book of Abstracts Xth European Symposium on Poultry Welfare Book of Abstracts Hosted by French Branch From the World's Poultry Science Association Disclainer This abstract book has been produced using author-supplied copy. Editing has been restricted to some corrections of spelling and styles where appropriate. No responsibility is assumed for any claims, instructions, methods or drug dosages contained in the abstracts: it is recommended that these are verified independently. Copyright All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any formor by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright holder. ©Wold’s Poultry Science Association. No responsability is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Committees Scientific Committee Virginie MICHEL – ANSES Maryse GUINEBRETIERE – ANSES Daniel GUÉMENÉ – INRA Christine LETERRIER – INRA Valentina FERRANTE – Chairwoman of the Working Group n° 9 "Poultry Welfare and Management" Organizing Committee Virginie MICHEL – ANSES Maryse GUINEBRETIERE – ANSES Daniel GUÉMENÉ – INRA Yves NYS – WPSA Europe Laure BIGNON – ITAVI Christophe BOSTVIRONNOIS – WPSA France Christine LESSIRE – WPSA France Geneviève CLEMENT – ISPAIA ZOOPOLE Développement Emmanuelle GIRARD – ISPAIA ZOOPOLE Développement Organizer WELCOME IN BRITTANY ! Christophe BOSTVIRONNOIS President of French Branch of WPSA Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the French Branch of WPSA, the Organizing Committee, the Scientific Committee, and the Working Group no.9 “Poultry Welfare and Management” of the European Branch of the WPSA, I would like to extend to all of you a very warm welcome to the X European Symposium on Poultry Welfare in Ploufragan, Brittany, France. I would like this scientific symposium to achieve 3 responsibilities: Support, Benchmark and Simplicity. Support First. During this meeting, you will have the opportunity to discuss, to share and to debate the latest scientific findings, the researches and the areas of development in the field of poultry welfare. Your role is crucial to support the poultry industry to keep birds welfare at a higher level and in line with the requirement of the consumer demand AND within an acceptable level to maintain the production. Benchmark then. Of course, competitiveness of the production, costs of production is in the agenda of the poultry production globally. The interesting point is that Welfare topics used to be very European driven in the mid 90’ and early 2000’. Now the topic is well spread in the different continents and regions. It makes our responsibility, in Europe, even more important. The world is looking to us and what we are discovering, deciding is considered as a global benchmark by the international community. Make it Simple. Welfare is far more complicated that to have broilers outdoors on a green grass. It covers topics as production methods, behaviors, health, nutrition, genetics and of course interactions between all of them. It makes the topic complex to handle. This is passionate but at the same time, we have to have in mind that we need to put our decisions, conclusions into reality in an actionable way. To do this, we need to be pragmatic and simple. How can we transfer these very complex topics into something easy to handle and to transform? Once again, we are very pleased to welcome a very high number of participants coming from many countries and continents. Definitely this is the healthy signal of a growing production, researches and education. Our responsibility is bigger than us. This is to feed the world in a safe, abundant, affordable and sustainable way. Introduction Valentina FERRANTE – Chairwoman of the Working Group n° 9 The WPSA European Federation Working Group 9 (WG9) on Poultry Welfare and Management, together with the WPSA French branch, organised this Xth European Symposium on Poultry Welfare held in Ploufragan, Brittany, France June 19-22th 2017. A memory stick (and a book on request) provide the main record of its proceedings. Agreement to form WG9 was taken during the WPSA European Poultry Conference in London in 1972. Its inaugural meeting held in Dortmund, Germany during 1973 was attended by 7 members, including me, from 6 countries (Lindgren, N.O. (1973). WPSJ 30 (2): 143- 145). Membership and geographical coverage have greatly increased during recent years so that WG9 currently has 33 members from 21 countries. The first event organised by WG9 was a symposium on bird welfare during the 1976 WPSA European Poultry Conference in Malta. The first European Symposium on Poultry Welfare organised by WG9 was held in Koge, Denmark in 1981. Quadrennial symposia have followed at different venues, the last one was the 9th Symposium in Uppsala, Sweeden. Apart from scientists, the participants to WG9 Symposia generally come from policy making authorities, funding bodies, the industry and welfare organizations. Hence, these symposia provide excellent opportunities to receive and discuss reports on the latest poultry behaviour, welfare and management research and practice, and for important informal exchanges of information as well as local professional poultry tours. Past symposia have been characterised by high quality scientific invited and submitted papers and posters. I am pleased to thank the scientific committee for the excellent program and several members of WG9 for their hard work in rigorous review of the presented abstracts to ensure that this Xth Symposium in Ploufragan was no exception. The number and standard of contributions was very high once more, making this event truly worthwhile! TABLE OF CONTENTS SESSION 1: Broiler breeders welfare and effect of early age experience on welfare Main lecture Learning from the experts: innovation within practice-led collaborative networks in the laying hen sector D.C.J. Main, C.A. Weeks, H.J. Buller, L.K. MacAllister and L. van Dijk 1 Oral Stereotypic behaviour in broiler breeders affected by alternative feeding strategies A Arrazola, E. Mosco, T. Widowski, M. Guerin and A.S. Torrey 9 The effect of perch lenght on perching, fertility, and health in broiler breeders S. G. Gebhardt-Henrich and M. J. Toscano 10 The transgenerational effects of reduced balanced protein diet on the stress susceptibility of broiler breeders C. Li, J. Lesuisse, S. Schallier, N. Everaert and J. Buyse 11 Maternal behaviour and changes of levels of neuropeptides in the brain of the broody domestic hen Y. Aleksandrova, J. Stirling, I. C. Dunn and S. L. Meddle 12 Effect of aviary rearing on welfare of hens in large furnished cages T. M. Widowski, T. M. Casey-Trott, M. Hunniford, L. Cooley and L. C. Caston 14 Access to litter during rearing and environmental enrichment during production reduce fearfulness in adult laying hens M. Brantsæter, F. M. Tahamtani, J. Nordgreen, E. Sandberg, T. B. Hansen, T. B. Rodenburg, R. Oppermann Moe and A. M. Janczak 15 Posters Fear related behavioural differences at an early age affect growth and later stress responses of commercial turkeys A.Güney and S. Özkan 17 Chick quality: from reproductive flock to slaughterhouse J. Puterflam, M. Guinebretiere, N. Rousset, R. Thomas, H. Bergoug, P. Galliot, V. Michel, R. Souillard and S. Lebouquin 18 C.A.S.H method for improvement in welfare of broilers during brooding period A. Ghibaudo and J. Marguerie 19 Susceptibility to pre-natal stress in different strains of layers: effects on early body weight and growth rate M. R. L. V. Peixoto, A. E. M. Newman, N. A. Karrow and T. M. Widowski 20 Qualitative and quantitative behavioural responses in reaction to various odours in new hatched chicks V. Noiro and J.F. Gabarrou 21 The effect of climate conditions on performance and foot pad lesions in broiler chickens from broiler breeders of two different ages I. Kempen, K. De Baere, S. Cardinaels, N. Sleeckx and J. Zoons 22 Nesting behaviour of broiler breeders A.C.M. van den Oever, T.B. Rodenburg, J.E. Bolhuis, L.J.F. van de Ven and B. Kemp 23 SESSION 2: Cognition: another way to investigate welfare? Main Lecture Harnessing the best of Europe to understand and solve Keel Bone Damage: An ongoing EU-COST Action Brinch-Riber, A., Sandilands, V., and M.J. Toscano 27 Oral Cognitive abilities and adaptation to changes: another way to investigate welfare V. Guesdon, F. Lormant, B. Peuteman, C. Leterrier and L. Calandreau 35 The speed and success of associative learning in hens depend on genotype and housing system P. Železnikar and M. Zupan 36 Five shades of grey: cognitive bias in poultry L. Kostal, M. Horvath, and K. Pichova 37 SESSION 3 (1st part) - Feather pecking origins and prevention Main Lecture The GroupHouseNet COST Action: exploiting European synergy to reduce feather pecking in laying hens T.B. Rodenburg, J. Berk, I. Dimitrov, J. Edgar, J.A.J. van der Eijk, I. Estevez, V. Ferrante, E.N. de Haas, L. Kostal, L. Liaubet, V. Michel, J. Nordgreen, S. Ozkan, D. Piette, K. Pichova, A.B. Riber, E. Sossidou, M. Toscano, A. Valros, M. Zupan and A.M. Janczak 41 Oral Genetic and phenotypic correlations of explorative behaviour and open-field activity in layer chicks with severe feather pecking as adults W. Bessei, V. Lutz, J.B. Kjaer, M.Grashorn, and J. Bennewitz 48 Effects of omitting beak-trimming on plumage, skin and keel bone conditions in barn layers A.B. Riber and L.K. Hinrichsen 49 Selection of beak shape to reduce the damage of feather pecking in layers D. Cavero, W. Icken, M. Schmutz, and R. Preisinger 50 Effects of litter provision during early rearing and environmental enrichment during the production phase on feather pecking and feather damage in laying hens F.