Report On Identification of injury, mortality and welfare during broiler transportation

Abstract

The study was conducted to ascertain the different types of injury, mortality and welfare during broiler transportation. Two flocks having 825 and 911 broiler were examined for different types of injuries during transportation. Injuries during transportation were identified by visual observation and palpation. These are like rough handling during loading & unloading, space allowance in crates, ambient temperature, feed withdrawal time, transport & time of distance influence the injury, mortality, loss of body weight & welfare. For identification of risk factor during transportation this farm chicken are transported to market for sale. The data of different type of injuries (e.g. dislocation of wing, dislocation of leg, laceration of wing & leg) were collected during transportation of market from farm by using visual observation and palpation method. Results with respect to the frequency of weight loss, dislocation of wing, dislocation of leg, laceration of wing & leg were approximately 6%, 14%, 12%, 5% & 2%, respectively. On the other hand mortality percentage of adult chicken was found 0.05% during transportation. From these findings it can be concluded that chicken are facing a great number of serious injuries during handling and transportation