Multiple factors affect the risk of broiler injury and mortality during loading, transport, and
lairage. These include the physical and pathophysiological condition of broilers before …

Artificial intelligence, sensors, robots, and transportation systems drive an innovative future for
poultry broiler and breeder management | Animal Frontiers | Oxford Academic Skip to Main …

Prioritization of animal welfare issues can help identify which areas most require research
funding and raise awareness of best practices. A modified Delphi method was used to …

This opinion, produced upon a request from the European Commission, focuses on
transport of domestic birds and rabbits in containers (eg any crate, box, receptacle or other …

Poultry are deprived of water when transported to slaughter, beginning shortly prior to
catching of the first bird and lasting through catching and loading, the journey on the vehicle …

The present study had 2 objectives: the first was to analyze the possible impact of transport
on weight loss and mortality during transport, and first-week mortality. The second was to …

The importance of optimal early life conditions of broilers to sustain efficient and healthy
production of broiler meat is increasingly recognized. Therefore, novel husbandry systems …

The goal of this research was to evaluate the microclimate (temperature, relative humidity
and ECI–enthalpy comfort index) of commercial loads of broiler chickens at different …

Pre-slaughter factors adversely affecting bird welfare were studied at the slaughterhouse.
The incidence of dead on arrival (DoA), bruises and dehydration was investigated in 64 …

The pre-slaughter operations are characterized by all the steps after the phase of raising at
the farm until hanging of birds on the slaughter line, and this period is relatively faster than …