Critical points in the pre-slaughter management of broiler: feed withdrawal, capture and catching, transport and lairage time in the plant/Pontos criticos no manejo pre-abate de frango de corte: jejum, captura, carregamento, transporte e tempo de espera no abatedouro

• Published in: Ciência rural Vol. 41; no. 7; p. 1290
• Main Authors: Rui, Bruno Rogerio, Angrimani, Daniel de Souza Ramos, da Silva, Marcos Augusto Alves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 01-07-2011
• Subjects: Dressed poultry; Legal fees; Poultry industry
• ISSN: 0103-8478

Today the brazilian poultry industry sets Brazil as the third largest producer of chicken meat. The poultry production sector is extremely organized in all its segments, from birth to slaughter poultry. One of the most laborious is the pre-slaughter, which ranges from the feed withdrawal to the lairage time at the plant. Due to this fact this research highlights the most critical points in the pre-slaughter period, as: feed withdrawal, capture, catching, transport and lairage time in the plant. Key words: aviculture, critical points in the pre-slaughter, feed withdrawal. Atualmente, a producao avicola brasileira configura o Brasil como o terceiro maior produtor mundial de carne de frango. A cadeia avicola e um setor extremamente organizado em todos seus segmentos, do nascimento ao abate das aves. Um dos procedimentos mais laboriosos e o periodo pre-abate, que compreende desde o jejum ate o tempo de espera no abatedouro. Devido a esse fato, este trabalho salienta os principais pontos criticos existentes no periodo pre-abate: o jejum, a captura, o carregamento, o transporte e tempo de espera no abatedouro. Palavras-chave: avicultura, jejum, pontos criticos do abate.