Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Origins and domestication
3 Modern breeding
4 General biology
4.1 Behaviour
4.2 Physiology
4.3 Feeding and feed conversion
5 Welfare issues
5.1 Meat birds
5.1.1 Cardiovascular dysfunction
5.1.2 Skeletal dysfunction
5.1.3 Integument lesions
5.1.4 Stocking density
5.1.5 Ocular dysfunction
5.1.6 Ammonia
5.1.7 Catching and transport
5.1.8 Mortality rates
5.2 Parent birds
6 World production and consumption
7 Broiler industry
8 See also
9 References
10 External links