Patchima Sithisarn
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Title: Development of poultry welfare evaluation system related to post-mortem inspection practice in Thailand
Biography
Biography: Patchima Sithisarn
Abstract
Current demand of poultry meat consumption increases intensely worldwide. In the past decades, poultry farming has changed
drastically in formats and the industry has grown significantly. Thailand shares the world’s top rank stakes of poultry meat
production both in domestic consumptions and in exports. Safety and quality of food from animals is the grand desire for veterinary
profession. Animal welfare protocol becomes a significant goal among animal production industries as it proves the high standard
of animal lives, proper handlings and the efficiency of the veterinary professions involved. Huge loads of work paradigm is on trials
for veterinary public health concerning the welfare evaluation system in order to express the actual dynamics of events occurred to
animals from farm to slaughterhouse particularly in the country with a variety of farming system and managements. The duck welfare
evaluation protocol related to post-mortem inspection practice was developed here for Thai practice by the harmonization of the
international standards and integrated it with the specified post-mortem inspection evaluation system. The five-freedom rules were
corresponding with the relevant post-mortem evaluation practice and the post mortem-welfare indicated pattern was analysed and
primarily established.