TEKNIKER, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), C/ Iñaki Goenaga 5, 20600 Eibar, Spain.
Faculty of Informatics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 1, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 11;20(6):1549. doi: 10.3390/s20061549.
As a consequence of the projected world population growth, world meat consumption is expected to grow. Therefore, meat production needs to be improved, although it cannot be done at any cost. Maintaining the health and welfare status of animals at optimal levels has traditionally been a main concern of farmers and, more recently, consumers. In this article, the Poultry Chain Management (PCM) platform is presented. It aims at collecting data across the different phases of the poultry production chain. The collection of these data not only contributes to determining the quality of each phase and the poultry production chain as a whole, but more importantly, to identifying critical issues causing process inefficiencies and to support decision-making towards the holistic improvement of the production chain. Results show that the information gathered can be exploited to make different suggestions to guarantee poultry welfare and, ultimately, improve the quality of the meat.
由于预计世界人口将增长，全球肉类消费预计将会增长。因此，尽管不能不惜任何代价，但需要提高肉类生产水平。维持动物的健康和福利水平一直是农民的主要关注点，最近也是消费者的主要关注点。本文介绍了家禽链管理（PCM）平台。它旨在收集家禽生产链不同阶段的数据。收集这些数据不仅有助于确定每个阶段和整个家禽生产链的质量，而且更重要的是，有助于确定导致过程效率低下的关键问题，并支持做出决策，以全面改善生产链。结果表明，所收集的信息可用于提出不同建议，以保证家禽福利，并最终提高肉类质量。
