Evaluation of chicken broiler carcasses condemnation in Damietta province abattoir-Egypt

Abstract EN

The yearly increasing of the economic losses in poultry meat industry due increasing in the chicken broiler carcasses condemnation, therefore this study was conducted to evaluate the rate of chicken broiler condemnation in a poultry slaughter plant from January 2019 to December 2020.

the chicken broiler arrived poultry abattoir was 5181189 and the dead-on arrival (DOA) and condemned chicken broiler were 49638 (0.95%) and 16382 (0.32%) respectively.

the incidence of DOA and condemned chicken broiler carcasses were 49638 (0.

95 %) and 16382 (0.32 %), respectively.

the frequency percentages of the DOA causes were ; lung congestion 10860 (21.8 %), E.coli infection 10662 (21.5 %), septicemia 5890 (11.9 %), endocarditis 5760 (11.6 %), cachexia 4669 (9.4%), fractures 4570 (9.2 %), ascites 2860(5.8%), hepatitis 2750 (5.5 %), arthritis 857(1.8 %) and miscellaneous 760 (1.5 %).

meanwhile the frequency percentages of condemnation causes were cellulitis 1831 (11.2 %), ascites 1721 (10.5 %), septicemia 1600 (9.7 %), emaciation 1510(9.2%), airsaccullitis 1500 (9.1 %), breast blister 1410 (8.6 %), trauma 1369 (8.4 %), broken bone 1321 (8.0 %), Odema 1220 (7.4 %), arthritis 1170 (7.1 %) ,imperfect bleeding 1000 (6.1% ), and over scalding 730 (4.5 %).the estimated annual economic loss during the two years survey was 1980556.2 EC / P for DOA and 688044 EC / P for the condemned chicken broiler carcasses with total economic loss by 2668600.2 EC / P.