Table 8.
Relative effect of various diseases on production costs per delivered broiler (%)
| Production system |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease1 | Conventional | Volwaard | Better Life 1*/Puur & Eerlijk | Better Life 2* | Better Life 3*/Skal | Organic |
| Baseline situation | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Respiratory | ||||||
| IB | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| Immune organs | ||||||
| IBD | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.77 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
| Gastrointestinal | ||||||
| Coccidiosis | 1.24 | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.48 | 4.03 | 4.38 |
| Escherichia coli | 6.86 | 2.89 | 2.80 | 3.28 | 3.54 | 4.37 |
| NE | 3.39 | 3.25 | 3.22 | 3.18 | 2.42 | 2.61 |
| Locomotion | ||||||
| Leg problems | 1.19 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Heart and vascular | ||||||
| Ascites | 0.61 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| SDS | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1
IB = infectious bronchitis; IBD = infectious bursal disease; NE = necrotic enteritis; SDS = sudden death syndrome.