Pre-slaughter mortality among turkeys related to their transport

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F17%3A43875717" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/17:43875717 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/asj.12692" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/asj.12692</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/asj.12692" target="_blank" >10.1111/asj.12692</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pre-slaughter mortality among turkeys related to their transport

Original language description

Overall mortality among turkeys transported for slaughter in the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2014 was 0.147%. The lowest mortality (0.023%) was found in turkeys transported for distances up to 50 km; longer distances were associated with increasing death rates, with the highest losses (0.543%) recorded for distances from 201 to 300 km. Differences were also found when comparing transport-related mortality rates according to the season of the year. The highest mortality (0.228%) was associated with transports carried out in summer, whereas the lowest death rates were found in turkeys transported for slaughter in winter (0.105%) and autumn (0.113%). According to the ambient temperatures in which transports associated with the highest death rates among turkeys were carried out (14 to 21 degrees C), it appears that heat stress can be a major factor in the birds&apos; mortality. However, low ambient temperatures (i.e. below -2 degrees C) also appear to increase transport-related mortality, as shown by our results. In addition to shortening the lengths of transport distances, appropriate consideration of prevailing climatic conditions and the sensitivity of turkeys to high and low temperatures during transport may also lead to a reduction in the number of turkeys dying during transport for slaughter.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animal Science Journal

ISSN

1344-3941

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

705-711

UT code for WoS article

000398569300017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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