The effect of broiler market age on performance parameters and economics
| Autor: | GS Schmidt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 223-225 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1516-635X 1806-9061 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1516-635X2008000400005 |
| Popis: | In the present study, 35 farmers contracted by an integration company were selected. Each farmer owned an average of seven poultry houses, and housed six flocks per year, with a total of 4.0 million housed broilers. Birds were grouped into 5 market ages (MA1=46 days), and the following parameters were measured: average flock body weight (AFW), feed conversion ratio (FCR), livability (L), production efficiency index (PEI), production cost, and farmer's gross margin. MA significantly influenced all parameters, except production cost/kg broiler. The effects of farm and farm*MA interaction were not significant. Each day of MA increase resulted in increases of 68.43g and 0.039 units in AFW and FCR, respectively. PEI was 4.0% lower in MA5 as compared to MA1, thereby reducing farmer's compensation in 11.89% per reared broilers. Production costs were not different among market ages, partially due to a reduction from 16.86 (MA1) to 14.62% (MA5) in the farmer's participation in the total cost. The results show that a new farmer's compensation index that included MA is necessary to calculate farmer's margin. |
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