Medidas de bem-estar aplicadas em galinhas caipiras produzidas por agricultores familiares no município de Cajari – MA

Abstract

A problematic of the presence of animal welfare in the productions gained an big worldwide repercussion in the last decades. Incorrect handling of poultry has a negative impact on the production results, due to injury caused in the animals produced. The stablishment of measures that provide welfare to animals has been increasingly demanded by the public consumer who every day search more information on the subject and keeps informed of any source of animal s food origin that correspond to these requirements, In poultry this request has been increasingly charged. With this growing seek for products of animal origin of high nutritional quality and that meet the impositions of well-being in production, new techniques are developed and provide improvements in their production. On Cajari County (MA), the small rural familiars famer grower that have less access to information have difficulties in applying new techniques that provide the welfare of the producers animals. As a result, a work was carried out with familiar producers of hens to identify the management practices applied, main problems present, evaluating the physical and behavioral status of the animals and their relationship with the measures taken by the producers.