Welfare risk assessment in the broiler production chain

The goals of the PhD-project are three-fold: 1) to develop a methodology for smart monitoring of the welfare of broiler chickens, based on a systematic literature review, 2) to formulate and apply a welfare assessment methodology in the Dutch broiler production chain, on-farm, during catching and transport and at slaughter and 3) to analyse the data collected and to investigate the integration of welfare indicators and the accumulation of welfare risks throughout the broiler chicken production chain.

Project leader

Britta Mescher, PhD candidate

Academic supervisors

Prof. dr. ir. T.B. (Bas) Rodenburg, dr. M.F. (Mona) Giersberg, prof. dr. S.S. (Saskia) Arndt

Grant funding agency

NVWA BuRO