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The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment

In the Netherlands, the Dutch Retail Broiler (DRB) and Better Life one Star (BLS) production systems have been introduced with the aim to improve broiler welfare. Simultaneously, retailers set targets for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the whole broiler production chain. The GHG emis...

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Autores principales: Mostert, P.F., Bos, A.P., van Harn, J., de Jong, I.C.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36279609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102151
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author Mostert, P.F.
Bos, A.P.
van Harn, J.
de Jong, I.C.
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description In the Netherlands, the Dutch Retail Broiler (DRB) and Better Life one Star (BLS) production systems have been introduced with the aim to improve broiler welfare. Simultaneously, retailers set targets for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the whole broiler production chain. The GHG emissions of DRB and BLS may differ from conventional systems because of differences in slaughter age, feed intake, and diet composition. The aim of this study was to estimate GHG emissions of the conventional, DRB, and BLS production systems. A deterministic, spreadsheet based model was developed that included the breeder, hatchery, and broiler farm stages. First, the model calculates feed intake of different diets and energy use, based on performance objectives and literature. Selection of feed ingredients for the different types of diets was based on least cost formulation with nutritional constraints for each diet. Second, GHG emissions were estimated from cradle to broiler farm gate for processes along the broiler production chain by using life cycle assessment, and expressed as kg CO(2)-equivalents per kg live weight (kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW). Results showed that BLS (3.55 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) had lower GHG emissions compared to conventional (3.65 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) and DRB (3.98 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) at the broiler farm gate. Emissions from land use change (LUC) from feed production, mainly from soybean products, had highest impact on total GHG emissions (>50%) for the systems and these soybean products had the lowest inclusion in the diets of the BLS production system. Sensitivity analyses showed that variation in slaughter weight and feed intake could result in overlap of GHG emissions between systems. When soybean products were sourced from a country with low LUC emissions, conventional (1.37 kg CO(2)-eq/ kg LW) had the lowest GHG emissions and BLS (1.79 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) the highest. This study showed that origin of and including or excluding LUC emissions from soybean production results in different conclusions for achieving the GHG emissions reduction targets set by retailers.
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spelling pubmed-95937522022-10-26 The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment Mostert, P.F. Bos, A.P. van Harn, J. de Jong, I.C. Poult Sci MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION In the Netherlands, the Dutch Retail Broiler (DRB) and Better Life one Star (BLS) production systems have been introduced with the aim to improve broiler welfare. Simultaneously, retailers set targets for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the whole broiler production chain. The GHG emissions of DRB and BLS may differ from conventional systems because of differences in slaughter age, feed intake, and diet composition. The aim of this study was to estimate GHG emissions of the conventional, DRB, and BLS production systems. A deterministic, spreadsheet based model was developed that included the breeder, hatchery, and broiler farm stages. First, the model calculates feed intake of different diets and energy use, based on performance objectives and literature. Selection of feed ingredients for the different types of diets was based on least cost formulation with nutritional constraints for each diet. Second, GHG emissions were estimated from cradle to broiler farm gate for processes along the broiler production chain by using life cycle assessment, and expressed as kg CO(2)-equivalents per kg live weight (kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW). Results showed that BLS (3.55 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) had lower GHG emissions compared to conventional (3.65 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) and DRB (3.98 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) at the broiler farm gate. Emissions from land use change (LUC) from feed production, mainly from soybean products, had highest impact on total GHG emissions (>50%) for the systems and these soybean products had the lowest inclusion in the diets of the BLS production system. Sensitivity analyses showed that variation in slaughter weight and feed intake could result in overlap of GHG emissions between systems. When soybean products were sourced from a country with low LUC emissions, conventional (1.37 kg CO(2)-eq/ kg LW) had the lowest GHG emissions and BLS (1.79 kg CO(2)-eq/kg LW) the highest. This study showed that origin of and including or excluding LUC emissions from soybean production results in different conclusions for achieving the GHG emissions reduction targets set by retailers. Elsevier 2022-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9593752/ /pubmed/36279609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102151 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title_full The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title_fullStr The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title_full_unstemmed The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title_short The impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a Dutch case study using life cycle assessment
title_sort impact of changing toward higher welfare broiler production systems on greenhouse gas emissions: a dutch case study using life cycle assessment
topic MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36279609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102151
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