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Bird Handling, Transportation, Lairage, and Slaughter: Implications for Bird Welfare and Meat Quality 收藏

鸟类处理,运输,Lairage和屠宰:对鸟类福利和肉质的影响
摘要
Ostriches have specific behavioural patterns that can be influenced by improper/incorrect rearing conditions. An understanding of these behavioural patterns, as well as how ostriches react under different housing/rearing conditions, will assist the commercial farmer/producer to manage his/her birds to ensure their welfare under in situ and ex situ conditions. Actions such as handling, transportation, and lairage form part of any commercial ostrich enterprise and can impact on the overall welfare of ostriches. This chapter describes how chicks, juveniles, and adult breeding ostriches perceive their environment, and how changes in behavioural patterns relate to changes in the management programme. Attention is given to both commercial farming and rearing systems. The design of rearing, feedlot, lairage, and breeding camp facilities is addressed to emphasise the importance of facility design in ensuring the welfare of ostriches when handled and maintained. Incorrect facility design can have an adverse influence on meat and skin quality, which ultimately determine the commercial value of a slaughter bird. The chapter also highlights a need for research on various aspects of commercial ostrich farming systems that will assist in optimising the welfare of ostriches of all age groups under commercial farming conditions.
摘要译文
鸵鸟具有特定的行为模式,可能受到不正确/不正确的饲养条件的影响。了解这些行为模式,以及鸵鸟在不同的住房/饲养条件下如何反应,将帮助商业农民/生产者管理他/她的鸟类,以确保他们在原地和非原生境条件下的福利。处理,运输,和lairage是任何商业鸵鸟企业的一部分,可以影响鸵鸟的整体福利。本章介绍雏鸡,青少年,和成年繁殖鸵鸟感知他们的环境,以及行为模式的变化如何与管理计划的变化相关。注意商业养殖和饲养系统。饲养,饲养场,饲养,设计,和养殖营地的设施是为了强调设施设计在确保鸵鸟在处理和维护时的福利的重要性。不正确的设施设计会对肉类和皮肤质量产生不利影响,最终决定了屠宰鸟的商业价值。因此,需要对商业鸵鸟养殖系统的各个方面进行研究,这将有助于在商业化农业条件下优化所有年龄组的鸵鸟的福利。
L. C. Hoffman1;H. Lambrechts1. Bird Handling, Transportation, Lairage, and Slaughter: Implications for Bird Welfare and Meat Quality. The Welfare of Farmed Ratites[M].DE: Springer, 2011: 195-235