Adequate welfare for good quality and yield

The various successive steps in poultry processing start from feed withdrawal at the farm to shipping of the end product. People and chickens are involved in this process. Obeying welfare of both is an important prerequisite to achieving the best possible quality and yield. By Eduardo Cervantes Lopez, poultry processing consultant, Barranquilla, Colombia In a poultry processing operation there are two groups of living creatures that deserve special attention: the birds and the people