Livestock Engineering Machinery and Technology in Poultry Husbandry

Animal welfare in poultry husbandry and possibilities for improvement by optimizing husbandry and management play a central role in poultry research and practice. The aim is to find new ways to improve animal welfare and to solve current problems. The German poultry sector focusses on the ban of beak trimming, which is ruled and forbidden in accordance to the Animal Protection Act (§ 6). Since January 2017, the German Egg Branch has been implementing a full ban of beak trimming, while for turkeys there is still a need for research due to the currently insufficient scientific results. Research results on light as an important factor in the husbandry of both species are present.