%0 Journal Article
%T Mobile Poultry Processing Unit as a Resource for Small Poultry Farms: Planning and Economic Efficiency, Animal Welfare, Meat Quality and Sanitary Implications
%A Alessandro Dal Bosco
%A Cesare Castellini
%A David Ranucci
%A Simona Mattioli
%J Archive of "Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI".
%D 2018
%R 10.3390/ani8120229
%X Poultry meat production is now based on fast-growing strains, with consequences for animal health and welfare. There is also an increasing demand for products from extensive rearing systems; there are, however, several criticisms including the difficulty of slaughtering chickens from a logistic, legislative and economic point of view. A possible solution could be represented by the use a Mobile Poultry Processing Unit (MPPU), which directly reaches the poultry farms. The aim of this review is to analyse the requisites and economic efficiency of a MPPU prototype in Italy; further, the related animal welfare aspects and the qualitative and sanitary implications are discussed
%K Mobile Poultry Processing Unit
%K pastured poultry production
%K animal welfare
%K meat quality
%K economic efficiency
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316749/