Life Cycle Assessment of European broiler chicken systems (original) (raw)

Berton, M.; Bailly-Caumette, E.; Lozano-Jaramillo, M.; Tonn, B.; Sturaro, E.; Leiber, F.; Martin, B. and Berri, C. (2025) Life Cycle Assessment of European broiler chicken systems. In:Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria. 25-29 August 2025, EAAP, Rome, Annual meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, no. 39, p. 713.

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Summary

Environmental impacts of European broiler production vary widely across systems that differ in rearing conditions, input intensity, and animal growth traits. Indoor fast‑growing systems generally showed lower impacts per kilogram of live weight—particularly reduced land use—but higher impacts per unit of land area compared to outdoor slow‑growing systems. Overall, environmental performance depends on a complex interaction of system type and animal traits, highlighting the need to evaluate impacts alongside meat quality and animal welfare.

EPrint Type: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation: Paper
Keywords: GHG emission, broilers, rearing conditions, Abacus, FiBL50128
Agrovoc keywords: Englishgreenhouse gas emissionshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_36198c2cEnglishpoultry rearing -> poultry farminghttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_6148Englishbroilers -> broiler chickenshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_9435
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth Animal husbandry > Health and welfare Animal husbandry > Production systems > Poultry
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal welfare & housing Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal nutrition > Feedstuffs Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Poultry France > INRAe - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement France > Other organizations France Italy > Univ. Padova
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: 101000250
ISBN: 979-12-210-6769-9
Related Links: https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2749
Deposited By: Ellenberger, Maura
ID Code: 56973
Deposited On: 27 Feb 2026 14:42
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2026 14:55
Document Language: English
Status: Published
Refereed: Peer-reviewed and accepted

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