Welfare of broilers on farm

EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Alvarez, Julio; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette S; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Tiemann, Inga; de Jong, Ingrid; Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine Gabriele; Keeling, Linda; Riber, Anja Brinch; Ashe, Sean; Candiani, Denis; García Matas, Raquel; Hempen, Michaela; Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf; Rojo Gimeno, Cristina; Van der Stede, Yves; Vitali, Marika; Bailly-Caumette, Eléa; Michel, Virginie

Welfare of broilers on farm

This Scientific Opinion considers the welfare of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) related to the production of meat (broilers) and includes the keeping of day-old chicks, broiler breeders, and broiler chickens. Currently used husbandry systems in the EU are described. Overall, 19 highly relevant welfar...

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Autores:	EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare), Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Alvarez, Julio, Bicout, Dominique Joseph, Calistri, Paolo, Canali, Elisabetta, Drewe, Julian Ashley, Garin-Bastuji, Bruno, Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis, Gortázar Schmidt, Christian, Herskin, Mette S, Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel, Padalino, Barbara, Pasquali, Paolo, Roberts, Helen Clare, Spoolder, Hans, Stahl, Karl, Velarde, Antonio, Viltrop, Arvo, Winckler, Christoph, Tiemann, Inga, de Jong, Ingrid, Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine Gabriele, Keeling, Linda, Riber, Anja Brinch, Ashe, Sean, Candiani, Denis, García Matas, Raquel, Hempen, Michaela, Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf, Rojo Gimeno, Cristina, Van der Stede, Yves, Vitali, Marika, Bailly-Caumette, Eléa, Michel, Virginie
Tipo de recurso:	artículo
Fecha de publicación:	2023
País:	España
Institución:	Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)
Repositorio:	IRTA Pubpro. Open Digital Archive
OAI Identifier:	oai:repositori.irta.cat:20.500.12327/2144
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/2144 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7788
Access Level:	acceso abierto
Palabra clave:	636

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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv	EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare) Nielsen, Søren Saxmose Alvarez, Julio Bicout, Dominique Joseph Calistri, Paolo Canali, Elisabetta Drewe, Julian Ashley Garin-Bastuji, Bruno Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis Gortázar Schmidt, Christian Herskin, Mette S Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel Padalino, Barbara Pasquali, Paolo Roberts, Helen Clare Spoolder, Hans Stahl, Karl Velarde, Antonio Viltrop, Arvo Winckler, Christoph Tiemann, Inga de Jong, Ingrid Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine Gabriele Keeling, Linda Riber, Anja Brinch Ashe, Sean Candiani, Denis García Matas, Raquel Hempen, Michaela Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf Rojo Gimeno, Cristina Van der Stede, Yves Vitali, Marika Bailly-Caumette, Eléa Michel, Virginie
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description	This Scientific Opinion considers the welfare of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) related to the production of meat (broilers) and includes the keeping of day-old chicks, broiler breeders, and broiler chickens. Currently used husbandry systems in the EU are described. Overall, 19 highly relevant welfare consequences (WCs) were identified based on severity, duration and frequency of occurrence: ‘bone lesions’, ‘cold stress’, ‘gastro-enteric disorders’, ‘group stress’, ‘handling stress’, ‘heat stress’, ‘isolation stress’, ‘inability to perform comfort behaviour’, ‘inability to perform exploratory or foraging behaviour’, ‘inability to avoid unwanted sexual behaviour’, ‘locomotory disorders’, ‘prolonged hunger’, ‘prolonged thirst’, ‘predation stress’, ‘restriction of movement’, ‘resting problems’, ‘sensory under- and overstimulation’, ‘soft tissue and integument damage’ and ‘umbilical disorders’. These WCs and their animal-based measures (ABMs) that can identify them are described in detail. A variety of hazards related to the different husbandry systems were identified as well as ABMs for assessing the different WCs. Measures to prevent or correct the hazards and/or mitigate each of the WCs are listed. Recommendations are provided on quantitative or qualitative criteria to answer specific questions on the welfare of broilers and related to genetic selection, temperature, feed and water restriction, use of cages, light, air quality and mutilations in breeders such as beak trimming, de-toeing and comb dubbing. In addition, minimal requirements (e.g. stocking density, group size, nests, provision of litter, perches and platforms, drinkers and feeders, of covered veranda and outdoor range) for an enclosure for keeping broiler chickens (fast-growing, slower-growing and broiler breeders) are recommended. Finally, ‘total mortality’, ‘wounds’, ‘carcass condemnation’ and ‘footpad dermatitis’ are proposed as indicators for monitoring at slaughter the welfare of broilers on-farm.
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