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Chapter 1 - Ensuring the welfare of broilers: an overview: T. B. Rodenburg, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; 1 Introduction 2 Genetic selection 3 Stocking density 4 Case study: hatching environment and early feeding 5 Case study: alternative and free range systems 6 Summary: how research can contribute to enhanced and sustainable broiler production 7 Future trends in research 8 Where to look for further information 9 References Chapter 2 - Poultry health monitoring and management: bone and skin health in broilers: Gina Caplen, University of Bristol, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Leg disorders and lameness 3 Contact dermatitis 4 Conclusion and future trends 5 Where to look for further information 6 References Chapter 3 - Welfare issues affecting broiler breeders: Anja Brinch Riber, Aarhus University, Denmark; 1 Introduction 2 Welfare issues in broiler breeders 3 Conclusion and future trends 4 Acknowledgements 5 Where to look for further information 6 References Chapter 4 - Broiler breeding flocks: management and animal welfare: Ingrid C. de Jong and Rick A. van Emous, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands; 1 Introduction 2 Housing conditions and management in the rearing period 3 Housing conditions and management in the production period 4 Welfare issues: restricted feeding and water restriction 5 Welfare issues: excisions, mating behaviour and quality of feather cover 6 Environmental enrichment 7 Vaccinations 8 Transgenerational effects 9 Concluding remarks 10 Where to look for further information 11 References Chapter 5 - Poultry welfare monitoring: group-level technologies: Marian Stamp Dawkins and Elizabeth Rowe, University of Oxford, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Types of automated assessment 3 Automated measures of welfare as part of precision farming 4 Why isnt automated welfare assessment more widely used? 5 Conclusions 6 Future trends 7 References