Partial budget analysis of laying hens' transition from cages to production systems of improved welfare: a case study in Greece.

IF 1.6 3区农林科学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

British Poultry Science Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-12 DOI:10.1080/00071668.2024.2360631

M Z Kritsa, K Tsiboukas, E N Sossidou, P E Simitzis, M Goliomytis

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1. In recent years, public concern regarding animal welfare has increased while, at the same time, cage systems for animal production have been greatly criticised by EU citizens. In addition, large food retailers promote food products that are made with eggs produced in cage-free systems.2. The objective of this study was to evaluate the economic viability of the transition of laying hens' to production systems; from conventional to alternative systems with improved welfare. Three independent scenarios were assumed as follows: transition from enriched colony cages to barn (S1), transition from barn to free-range (S2), and transition from free-range to organic (S3). Economic assessments of each transition was applied to a model farm in Greece with 12 000 hens, through partial budget analysis and net benefits and costs were estimated.3. The results showed a positive economic impact in all transitions to a production system of improved animal welfare (€12,044 in S1, €18,957 in S2 and €7,977 in S3) which indicated that they are economically sustainable. In all scenarios, unit cost increased by 19% in S1, 12% in S2, and 85% in S3.4. In conclusion, transitioning towards improved animal welfare production systems in laying hen farms could be an economically viable option for egg producers in compliance with societal demands and market trends.

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蛋鸡从笼养向改善福利的生产系统过渡的部分预算分析：希腊案例研究。

1.近年来，公众对动物福利的关注与日俱增，与此同时，笼养动物生产系统也受到了欧盟公民的强烈批评。此外，大型食品零售商也在推广用无笼养系统生产的鸡蛋制作的食品。这项研究的目的是评估蛋鸡生产系统转型的经济可行性；从传统系统到福利改善的替代系统。假设了以下三种独立的情况：从高密度鸡笼过渡到鸡舍（S1），从鸡舍过渡到散养（S2），以及从散养过渡到有机（S3）。通过部分预算分析，对希腊一个拥有 12000 只母鸡的示范农场进行了经济评估，并估算了净效益和成本。结果表明，所有向改善动物福利生产系统的过渡都会产生积极的经济影响（S1 为 12,044 欧元，S2 为 18,957 欧元，S3 为 7,977 欧元），这表明这些过渡在经济上是可持续的。在所有方案中，S1 的单位成本增加了 19%，S2 增加了 12%，S3 增加了 85%。总之，根据社会需求和市场趋势，蛋鸡养殖场向改良动物福利生产系统过渡是鸡蛋生产商经济上可行的选择。

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British Poultry Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学

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3.90

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5.00%

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审稿时长

4.5 months

期刊介绍： From its first volume in 1960, British Poultry Science has been a leading international journal for poultry scientists and advisers to the poultry industry throughout the world. Over 60% of the independently refereed papers published originate outside the UK. Most typically they report the results of biological studies with an experimental approach which either make an original contribution to fundamental science or are of obvious application to the industry. Subjects which are covered include: anatomy, embryology, biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, reproduction and genetics, behaviour, microbiology, endocrinology, nutrition, environmental science, food science, feeding stuffs and feeding, management and housing welfare, breeding, hatching, poultry meat and egg yields and quality.Papers that adopt a modelling approach or describe the scientific background to new equipment or apparatus directly relevant to the industry are also published. The journal also features rapid publication of Short Communications. Summaries of papers presented at the Spring Meeting of the UK Branch of the WPSA are published in British Poultry Abstracts .