AMBIÊNCIA E BEM-ESTAR NA PRODUÇÃO DE FRANGOS DE CORTE

Abstract

Brazil is an important chicken exporting country, and much of its destination is countries with specific housing restrictions related to the welfare of poultry. There was a remarkable evolution of the studies on the ambience and well-being in the poultry industry, which has great potential with respect to the information on air quality, the thermal, acoustic and luminous environment in the different stages of broiler breeding. There are several systems of production of cut birds in Brazil, thanks to the introduction of various technologies and their adaptations to each region, each with its specifications, thus making it a great challenge to provide ambience and well-being of these aviaries. It is necessary that the professionals must pay attention to the knowledge of the physiology of the bird, bioclimatic diagnosis of the microregion of production or implantation of new systems, application of the basic concepts of the ambience and well-being and detailing of the typification of the systems. Thus, an assessment of the situation of each aviary is possible so that subsequent adjustments can be made to these systems for their full functioning. There is a need to better explore all possibilities in the search for improvement of poultry systems, regardless of the degree of technology applied.