China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (3): 977-988.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2023.03.013

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Research Progress on Transportation Stress and Its Mitigation Measures in Poultry

XIONG Taidi1,2, JIANG Shouqun2, ZHANG Huihua1, ZHU Cui1   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Received:2022-09-05 Online:2023-03-05 Published:2023-03-02

Abstract: Transportation is an important part during poultry production to slaughter.With the increasing demand for poultry products from consumers,poultry breeding industry has been developing rapidly,which makes transportation become more and more frequent in poultry.The impact of poultry transportation has attracted much attention.Transportation stress refers to the combined effects of various stressors,such as hunger,thirst,climate,crowding,noise,vibration,mixing,physical consumption,transport duration and pathogen invasion,which cause transport stress syndrome.Transportation stress would lead to the decline of poultry production performance or even death,cause the abnormal function of neuroendocrine,immune and energy supply systems in poultry,cause damage to the body tissues,worsen the meat quality,and also induce intestinal oxidative stress and lead to gut microbiota disorder,damage intestinal health,and thus affecting the growth,development and health of poultry.These not only damage poultry welfare,but also bring serious economic losses and resource waste to the poultry industry.Therefore,the transportation stress of poultry could be alleviated by shortening the transportation time,giving appropriate pre-slaughter rest,controlling density,preventing cold and cooling,and supplementing Chinese herbal medicine and plant extracts,trace elements and other functional additives.The authors summarized the effects of transportation stress on poultry production performance,endocrine and immune performance,meat quality and intestinal health,and reviewed the related measures to alleviate transportation stress,in order to provide important reference for research on poultry transportation stress and its mitigation regulation.

Key words: transportation stress; poultry; growth performance; intestinal health; meat quality

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