Low-stress handling ensures good quality broiler meat

Low-stress handling is defined as using specific techniques in the approach, harvesting and handling of broilers in the period between leaving the production unit and arriving at the processing plant, to decrease stressors and avoid escalated fear and aggression. The growing world population has increased the demand for meat production and has led to rapid growth in the scale of broiler enterprises globally. The intensive husbandry practised in broiler production units has meant that broilers