Smoothly moving broilers from farm to shackle

Market-age broilers are moved to the plant to be slaughtered across a set of operations, known as pre-slaughter. This embraces crating, live hauling, unloading and shackling. Taking these stages seriously, will guarantee acceptable working conditions and animal welfare standards. By Fabio G. Nunes, Poultry Processing Consultant, Brazil There are two systems that can be used to contain live broilers on their way to the plant: plastic crates and containers, which can be of stand-alone