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| CASTELLINI, Prof C; BASTIANONI, Dr S; GRANAI, Dr C; DAL BOSCO, Dr A; BRUNETTI, Dr M. |
| The organic production system is an important strategy, compatible with sustainable agriculture, avoiding the use of chemical compounds,limiting the intensity of production and providing controls along the entire chain of production. The aim of this study is to compare conventional and organic poultry production in terms of emergy analysis. The main differences in the two systems were the emergy cost for poultry feed and for cleaning/sanitization of the buildings between successive productive cycles. In both production systems the poultry feed represented more than 50% of the emergy flow. Regarding the agronomic phase, it was shown that almost all the organic crops, avoiding chemical fertilizers and pesticides, saved around 60% emergy. The emergetic costs... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Environmental aspects; Animal husbandry; Production systems. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9317/1/emergy_pollo.pdf |
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| CASTELLINI, Prof C; MUGNAI, Dr C; DAL BOSCO, Dr A. |
| The effect of the organic production system on broiler carcass and meat quality was assessed. Two hundred and fifty Ross male chickens were assigned to two different systems of production: conventional, housing in an indoor pen (0.12 m2/bird); organic, housing in an indoor pen (0.12 m2/bird) with access to a grass paddock (4 m2/bird). At 56 and 81 days of age twenty chickens per group were slaughtered to evaluate the carcass traits and the characteristics of breast and drumstick muscles (pectoralis major and peroneus longus). The organic chickens had carcasses with a higher breast and drumstick percentages and lower level of abdominal fat. The muscles had lower pHu and water holding capacity. Instead cooking loss, lightness values, shear values, Fe,... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Poultry. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9318/1/organic.pdf |
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| CASTELLINI, Prof C; MUGNAI, Dr C; DAL BOSCO, dr A; PALOZZO, dr M; SCUOTA, dr S. |
| The aim of this trial was to study the effect of organic housing system on the behaviour, productive performance and the qualitative characteristics of eggs. The experiment was conduced directly in the field on Hy-Line laying hens from the beginning of the productive period (17 weeks of age) till the end of productive career. The animals were divided in two homogeneous groups and assigned to the following housing system: control, conventional cage (18 bird/m2) and organic 6 birds m2 in a covered straw-bedded house with access to a paddock (4 m2/bird). A standard feed with the same nutritive characteristics was given ad libitum to the chickens. For the organic, more than 80% of the ingredients (maize, wheat and whole soybean) were organically grown, as... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Poultry; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9326/1/p41%2D44%2DRicerca.pdf |
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| CASTELLINI, Prof C; MUGNAI, Dr C; DAL BOSCO, Dr A. |
| The meat quality of three poultry genotypes with differing growth rates (fast-growing Ross; medium and slow growing Kabir and Robusta maculata, respectively) was compared. All the birds were reared according to the organic production system which requires a paddock with grass pasture (4 m2/bird) and a slaughter age greater than 81 d. The trial was carried out on 100 female chickens per strain. The meat quality was affected by the 20 different degree of maturity of the strains at slaughter age, which was 70% for Ross, 52 % for Kabir and 78% for Robusta maculata. Ross and Kabir were slaughtered at 81 d, whereas Robusta maculata, required 120 d to reach a commercial weight (>2 kg). The meat of all the three genotypes showed good qualitative traits. The... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Poultry. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9319/1/IJFSpollo.pdf |
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