Productive losses on broiler preslaughter operations: effects of the distance from farms to abattoirs and of lairage time in a climatized holding area Perdas produtivas nas operações pré-abate de frangos de corte: efeito da distância entre as granjas e os abatedouros e do tempo de espera em galpão climatizado

Productive losses on broiler preslaughter operations: effects of the distance from farms to abattoirs and of lairage time in a climatized holding area Perdas produtivas nas operações pré-abate de frangos de corte: efeito da distância entre as granjas e os abatedouros e do tempo de espera em galpão climatizado

This work aimed to assess the effects of preslaughter lairage time on the welfare and mortality of broilers transported in different farm-abattoir distances. It was evaluated 215 poultry transport trucks from a commercial poultry slaughterhouse from 2006 to 2007. Data were obtained from the holding...

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Main Authors: Frederico Márcio Corrêa Vieira, Iran José Oliveira da Silva, José Antonio Delfino Barbosa Filho, Afrânio Márcio Corrêa Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2010-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
abatedouro
ambiência
avicultura
manejo pré-abate
ambience
poultry production
preslaughter handling
slaughterhouse
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