Impact of Transportation Stress on Growth Performance, Behaviour and Welfare of Turkey Pullets
Impact of Transportation Stress on Growth Performance, Behaviour and Welfare of Turkey Pullets
Azza Mohamed Morsi Fahd1*, Al-Sadik K Saleem2, Mohamed Y Ibrahim2, Azhar F. Abdel Fattah2, Gehad R. Donia1
ABSTRACT
One of the most stressful aspects of managing turkey pullets is the transporting procedure. The effects of transportation stress on animal welfare are well understood, but less is known about how transportation affects the behaviour, performance, and crop-filled test of turkey pullets. Therefore, This study aimed to investigate the effect of transportation on the behaviour and growth performance of Turkey. Turkey pullets were classified into 2 groups according to two types of transport, the First Group was150 pullets (Grade marker) one day -old chick (Flight from France) for 4.30 hours with short distance transport and the Second Group was 150 pullets (Grade maker) one day -old chick flight for 30 hours with long distance (flight from Tunisia). Results indicated that the First Group that flies for short distance showed a marked increase in the following behavioural patterns such as foraging behaviour, feeding behaviour and drinking behaviour compared with Second Group that flies for long distance, While growth performance was higher in the First Group (715.90 ±0.68) than the Second Group (615.26±0.79), a full soft rounded crop filled test showed that the First Group was more active than the Second Group. It was concluded that transportation has a significant impact on the growth performance, behaviour and welfare of turkey pullets.
Keywords: Turkey pullets, Transportation, Behaviour, Growth performance, Crop filled test ,Welfare
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October 2024
Vol. 12, Sp. Iss. 1
