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. 2019 Dec 11;93(6):1301–1317. doi: 10.3382/ps.2013-03614

Table 10.

Relative effect of various diseases on production costs per delivered broiler in case of changes in feed price, feed conversion ratio, and price of 1-d-old chicks

Production system
Disease Change in variable Conventional Volwaard Better Life 1*/Puur & Eerlijk Better Life 2* Better Life 3*/Skal Organic
Feed price (%)
Baseline situation −5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coccidiosis −5 1.23 1.71 1.72 1.42 4.06 4.42
0 1.24 1.70 1.70 1.45 4.03 4.37
5 1.30 1.69 1.73 1.42 3.95 4.33
Escherichia coli −5 6.86 2.91 2.78 3.23 3.51 4.36
0 6.86 2.90 2.81 3.25 3.56 4.37
5 6.92 2.90 2.78 3.21 3.57 4.39
NE1 −5 3.50 3.43 3.28 3.27 2.47 2.69
0 3.39 3.33 3.22 3.18 2.42 2.61
5 3.39 3.27 3.14 3.09 2.35 2.55
Feed conversion ratio
Baseline situation −0.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
+0.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coccidiosis −0.1 1.34 1.75 1.71 1.45 4.12 4.49
0 1.24 1.70 1.70 1.45 4.03 4.37
+0.1 1.20 1.66 1.62 1.38 3.95 4.31
E. coli −0.1 7.17 2.98 2.85 3.33 3.61 4.49
0 6.88 2.90 2.81 3.25 3.56 4.37
+0.1 6.60 2.79 2.71 3.13 3.47 4.29
NE −0.1 3.51 3.42 3.27 3.26 2.47 2.69
0 3.39 3.33 3.22 3.18 2.42 2.61
+0.1 3.28 3.24 3.14 3.10 2.37 2.57
Price of 1-d-old chicks (%)
Baseline situation −5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coccidiosis −5 1.25 1.71 1.68 1.42 4.05 4.38
0 1.24 1.70 1.70 1.45 4.03 4.37
5 1.23 1.69 1.66 1.41 4.02 4.35
E. coli −5 6.88 2.92 2.83 3.27 3.55 4.37
0 6.88 2.90 2.81 3.25 3.56 4.37
5 6.78 2.88 2.76 3.19 3.53 4.35
NE −5 3.42 3.35 3.24 3.19 2.41 2.60
0 3.39 3.33 3.22 3.18 2.42 2.61
5 3.36 3.31 3.20 3.15 2.41 2.60
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NE = necrotic enteritis.