Achieving Sustainable Production of Poultry Meat Volume 3: Health and Welfare

by Michael Lilburn, Ian Duncan, Inma Estevez, et al.

To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a result of improvements in commercial breeds combined with rearing in more intensive production systems. However, more intensive systems have increased the risk of transmission of animal diseases and zoonoses. Consumer expectations of sensory and nutritional quality have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178676072X
• ISBN13: 9781786760722
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"