On-Farm Assessment of Broiler Welfare in Tunisia Using Welfare Quality® Broiler Protocol
Manel Ben Larbi1*, Ameni Askri1, Mariem Saidani1, Naceur M’Hamdi2, Ibrahim El Akram Znaïdi3, Nadia Ben Braiek4 and Hajer M’Hamdi5
1Research Unit of Biodiversity and Resource Development in Mountain Areas of Tunisia, UR17AGR14, Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur, Carthage University, Tunisia
2Research Laboratory of Ecosystems and Aquatic Resources, UR03AGRO, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082. Carthage University, Tunisia
3Department of Animal Sciences, High Agronomic Institute of Chott Mariem, University of Sousse, Sousse 4000, Tunisia
4Ministry of Agriculture, CRDA Sousse, Tunisia
5Ministry of Agriculture, CRDA Ben Arous, Tunisia
* Corresponding author: arbi_mana@yahoo.fr
Fig. 1.
Scores for absence of hunger according to the proportion of emaciated birds.
Fig. 2.
Scores for absence of thirst according to an index expressing the percentage of compliance of the house with the recommended number of drinking places.
Fig. 3.
Scores for good human-animal relationship according to the proportion of birds within 1 m of the observer.