LONGER JOURNEYS TO PROCESSING PLANTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER MORTALITY IN BROILER-CHICKENS

被引：76

作者：

WARRISS, PD

BEVIS, EA

BROWN, SN

EDWARDS, JE

机构：

[1] Department of Meat Animal Science, University of Bristol, Langford

来源：

BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE | 1992年 / 33卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1080/00071669208417458

中图分类号：

S8 [畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];

学科分类号：

0905 ;

摘要：

1. The number of broilers recorded as dead on arrival (DOA) in 1113 journeys to a poultry processing plant was related to the length of the journeys. The average journey time was 3-3 ha and the maximum recorded was 9 ha. 2. Overall, 0.194% of 3.2 million birds were DOA. Mortality was higher for journeys which took longer. For journeys lasting less than 4 ha the incidence of dead birds was 0.156%; for longer journeys the incidence was 0.283%. 3. There was some evidence that it was time of journey, rather than distance travelled, that was more important in determining mortality.

引用

页码：201 / 206

页数：6

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