Transportation stress: Impact on behaviour and welfare in meat-type chickens under indian scenario

In order to find standard transport time and its effect on the welfare, 480 marketable commercial broiler chickens (CARIBRO VISHAL; avg. 2.0 kg body weight) were transported for 2, 4, 8h and without transport in crates in three replicates in a completely randomized design. Transport affected welfare...

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Published inHeliyon Vol. 10; no. 5; p. e27129
Main Authors Siddharth, M., Rokade, Jaydip Jaywant, Bhanja, Subrat Kumar, Tyagi, Jagbir Singh, Monika, Madheswaran, Pearlin, Beulah V., Kumar, Akhilesh, Gopi, Marappan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 15.03.2024
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Summary:In order to find standard transport time and its effect on the welfare, 480 marketable commercial broiler chickens (CARIBRO VISHAL; avg. 2.0 kg body weight) were transported for 2, 4, 8h and without transport in crates in three replicates in a completely randomized design. Transport affected welfare as well as behaviour of broiler chickens. Transport stretch impacted the gait score and tonic immobility with maximum aggravation with extended duration. Runaway results shown that 8h group exhibited more run-away time (279.20sec). Number of birds affected by physical injuries increases with the duration. Bodyweight change was significant among transported groups, especially 8h travelled group exhibited more (−8.21%) body weight loss. It is concluded that a transport period of more than 4h in Indian conditions is not recommended as its causing a significant level of stress in the birds leading to stress, production loss and hampering welfare of broilers.
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Author's contributed equally to the study.
ISSN:2405-8440
2405-8440
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27129