Dual-purpose poultry genotypes in organic and low-input outdoor farms (PPILOW Practice Abstract) (original) (raw)
{Tool}Dual-purpose poultry genotypes in organic and low-input outdoor farms (PPILOW Practice Abstract). Creator(s): Steenfeldt, Sanna. Issuing Organisation(s): INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment. (2024)
Summary in the original language of the document
The tool provides technical animal husbandry advice to support change in poultry production system to avoid the culling of day-old male chicks using dual-purpose poultry genotypes.
Practical recommendations address specific needs and suggest management solutions best fit to achieve a high level of welfare rearing dual-purpose poultry genotypes: design of indoor and outdoor facilities, enrichments, monitoring of performance parameters, innovative marketing strategies and collaborations.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| Teaser: | Choose dual purpose poultry and avoid culling day-old male chicks. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Animal welfare is an important factor for consumers’ acceptance of products (eggs, meat) from organic and low-input poultry production systems. There is an increasing concern and awareness about the ethical aspects of killing of one-day-old male chicks from pure layers strains. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | Implementing dual-purpose genotypes, where females can be used for both eggs and meat production and males for meat production makes the overall dual-purpose concept more sustainable. Dual-purpose females often have a lower egg production than efficient egg layers, but the males are expected to have an acceptable growth for meat production with a compromise between the performance of females and males. |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Practice abstracts |
| Keywords: | Dual-purpose genotypes, slow-growing breeds in organic and low input outdoor production systems, no culling of one-day-old chickens, higher product diversity |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Englishanimal welfarehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_443Englishpoultryhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_6145Englishbreedinghttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_49902Englishgeneticshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_3222Englishnutritionhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_49892Englishproduct qualityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_13591Englishsustainabilityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_33560 |
| Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Production systems Animal husbandry > Breeding and genetics Animal husbandry > Health and welfare Animal husbandry > Production systems > Poultry |
| Research affiliation: | Denmark > AU - Aarhus University European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge European Union > Horizon 2020 > PPilow France > INRAe - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 816172 |
| Related Links: | http://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53700, https://ppilow.eu/, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/45963, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/38624, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39671, https://x.com/farm_knowledge/status/1880310074142498953, https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/pfbid0YHNEidVTqqZPoxAUyPBsiVWo9LEb1uRmzubVvdeWmwXYkTyyiwrvb7A3CyFB9uLUl |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica, AIAB |
| ID Code: | 53700 |
| Deposited On: | 14 Aug 2024 07:00 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2025 17:45 |
| Document Language: | English, German/Deutsch, Dutch/Nederlands, Finnish/Suomea, French/Francais, Italian/Italiano, Romanian/Română |
| Status: | Published |
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