L'amélioration du bien-être et de la durabilité de la production de viande de poulet par la sélection : une approche qui fait ses preuves

Chicken meat is lean, healthy and affordable with a low environmental impact. Animal breeding has contributed to these attributes and to the improvement of welfare at the same time. Breeding is at the start of the food chain and is a long-term exercise. Breeding outcomes are permanent and cumulative and disseminated widely through the supply chain. Breeding for welfare and sustainability requires simultaneously improving and optimising environmental impact, productivity, robustness and welfare. Over recent decades, chicken breeding programmes have implemented balanced approach by broadening breeding goals and managing trait antagonisms. Continued investments in all parts of the breeding programme, together with feedback from all stakeholders across the production chain, ensure the direction of progress is in line with the requirements and needs of the customer base and society as a whole.