Evaluation of risk factors affecting mortality in broiler chickens during the farm- laughterhouse transfer process in the northern center of the inter-Andine region

Millions of broiler chickens are transported annually from farms to the laughterhouse along the way, chickens are exposed to a wide variety of stressors such as food restriction, capture and transport, which affect animal welfare and cause live weight losses to death, which economically impacts acti...

• Autore principale: Torres-Vinueza , Carlos Patricio (author)
• Altri autori: Ron-Garrido , Lenin Javier (author), Grijalva-Olmedo, Jorge Eduardo (author)
• Natura: article
• Lingua: spa
• Pubblicazione: 2021
• Soggetti: bienestar animal; transporte; temperatura ambiente; estrés térmico; Animal welfare; transportation; ambient temperature; thermal stress
• Accesso online: https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/SIEMBRA/article/view/2559