Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, the Netherlands
Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Poult Sci. 2014 Jun;93(6):1301-17. doi: 10.3382/ps.2013-03614.
This study analyzed the effects of different broiler production systems on health care costs in the Netherlands. In addition to the conventional production system, the analysis also included 5 alternative animal welfare systems representative of the Netherlands. The study was limited to the most prevalent and economically relevant endemic diseases in the broiler farms. Health care costs consisted of losses and expenditures. The study investigated whether higher animal welfare standards increased health care costs, in both absolute and relative terms, and also examined which cost components (losses or expenditures) were affected and, if so, to what extent. The results show that health care costs represent only a small proportion of total production costs in each production system. Losses account for the major part of health care costs, which makes it difficult to detect the actual effect of diseases on total health care costs. We conclude that, although differences in health care costs exist across production systems, health care costs only make a minor contribution to the total production costs relative to other costs, such as feed costs and purchase of 1-d-old chicks.
本研究分析了不同肉鸡生产系统对荷兰医疗保健成本的影响。除了传统生产系统外，分析还包括荷兰具有代表性的 5 种替代动物福利系统。研究仅限于肉鸡养殖场中最普遍和最具经济相关性的地方病。医疗保健费用包括损失和支出。研究调查了更高的动物福利标准是否会增加医疗保健成本，无论是绝对成本还是相对成本，并检查了哪些成本构成（损失或支出）受到了影响，如果有影响，影响程度如何。结果表明，医疗保健费用仅占每个生产系统总成本的一小部分。损失占医疗保健费用的主要部分，这使得很难检测疾病对总医疗保健费用的实际影响。我们得出结论，尽管生产系统之间存在医疗保健费用差异，但与饲料成本和购买 1 日龄雏鸡等其他成本相比，医疗保健费用对总生产成本的贡献相对较小。
