Impact of seasonal variation and transportation distance on welfare and economic parameters in broiler breeder chickens during transit to slaughterhouses.

IF 1.7 3区农林科学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

British Poultry Science Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-24 DOI:10.1080/00071668.2025.2559394

E Çavuşoğlu

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Abstract

1. Transporting animals under inappropriate conditions causes pain and suffering to the animals and causes financial loss for the producers. This study investigated the effects of the season and transportation distance on the dead-on-arrival (DOA), reject rate (due to lesions and damage) and body weight loss parameters of the broiler breeder (BB) chickens during transportation from the farm to the slaughterhouse.2. Data was obtained by analysing two-year records of a commercial slaughterhouse in Turkey. During the period examined, 2,452,624 BB were transported and slaughtered to this slaughterhouse by 554 trucks.3. The lowest DOA rate (0.186%) occurred in the summer season and the reject rate in summer (0.104%) was lower than in other seasons. During the monitored period, the effect of season on body weight loss was not statistically significant. When the impact of transportation distance was considered, there was more body weight loss (1.663%) in animals transported over longer distances.4. The data highlighted how important it is to pay attention to transportation conditions of these animals to the slaughterhouse, especially under cold climate conditions and over long distances, both in terms of animal welfare and economics.

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季节变化和运输距离对运往屠宰场的肉鸡种鸡福利和经济参数的影响。

1. 在不适当的条件下运输动物会给动物带来痛苦和折磨，并给生产者造成经济损失。本研究探讨了季节和运输距离对肉鸡在从农场到屠宰场运输过程中到达死亡（DOA）、拒绝率（由于病变和损伤）和体重损失参数的影响。数据是通过分析土耳其一家商业屠宰场两年的记录获得的。在审查期间，554辆卡车运送和屠宰了2,452,624头野牛到该屠宰场。夏季的DOA率最低，为0.186%，拒绝率为0.104%，低于其他季节。在监测期间，季节对体重减轻的影响无统计学意义。当考虑运输距离的影响时，长距离运输的动物体重损失更多（1.663%）。这些数据强调了关注这些动物到屠宰场的运输条件的重要性，特别是在寒冷的气候条件下和长途运输，无论是从动物福利还是从经济角度来看。

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British Poultry Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

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 .