Zinc minimises downgrading due to skin scratches

Poultry processing companies all around the world worry about the level of carcass downgrades due to skin lesions. Nutritional and management strategies can reduce the incidence of this predominantly health, but also ethical and aesthetic concern.   By Wiebe van der Sluis, Rooster 45, Doetinchem, the Netherlands The look and integrity of the skin is important for any living creature. In poultry production this is not an exception; skin scratches affect the health of the bird and dramaticall