Dual-purpose poultry genotypes in organic and low-input outdoor farms (PPILOW Practice Abstract)

{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)

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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
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:	Language Value URI English animal welfare http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_443 English poultry http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6145 English breeding http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49902 English genetics http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3222 English nutrition http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49892 English product quality http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13591 English sustainability http://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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