Kulle, Annika
- Department of Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry [LBT], Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Transport of animals is of a big concern and different means to improve welfare and decrease transport mortality or dead on arrival, DOA, must be looked for. In a previous/former project,”Chicktrans”,it was concluded that the incidence of DOA of broiler chickens, was not affected by transportation time or by the outer climate during transport to the processing plant. Although, it was found that DOA between farms, delivering to the same processing plant, differed significantly. The aim of this study was to examine differences in the condition/health status of the broiler chickens, influenced by climate management of the chicken house, during their last week and the day for catch. The litter quality was also a factor examined for influencing broiler chickens and contributes to chickens being “fit for transport”. One of many animal welfare and health status measures, affected by stable climate management, is foot score, which we also have chosen to study. The aim of the study was therefore to analyze if there are differences among measurable variables, which could explain why some breeders always managed to end up with low and some with a high incidence of DOA, when delivering to the processing plant, during the period from year 2001 to 2008. The study was collaboration with a processing plant of Kronfågel in Kristianstad, Sweden. We selected breeders who consequently had produced broiler chickens with low incidence of DOA, A-farms, and those who had produced at a higher incidence of DOA, B-farms. Nine A-farms and six B-farms from region Skåne and Blekinge, were involved in this study. During the period from year 2001 and 2008, the incidence of DOA was in average 0,085% +/- 0,038 at the A-farms, which was significantly lower (p
Keywords
slaktkyckling; transport; doa; transportdödlighet
Published in
Landskap, trädgård, jordbruk : rapportserie
2009, number: 2009:14
Publisher: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Fakulteten för landskapsplanering, trädgårds- och jordbruksvetenskap
SLU Authors
Sällvik, Krister
- Department of Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry [LBT], Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry [LBT], Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- ISBN: 978-91-86373-02-3
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/29626