Table 1.

Median and the minimum-to-maximum range of the most important characteristics of the participating broiler farms (Belgium n = 15, the Netherlands n = 13).

	Belgium	Reference Belgium	the Netherlands	Reference the Netherlands
Houses	3 [1–4]	NA	3 [1–10]	NA
Total broilers/farm	85,000 [50,000–180,000]	74,648a (Flanders)	77,700 [23,400–490,000]	83,143c
Age of depopulation	41 [38–45]	42.4a (Flanders)	41 [38–45]	41 [36–48]d
Mortality week 1 (%)	1.0 [0.3–2.9]	NA	1.0 [0.3–2.1]	NA
Mortality total (%)	2.9 [1.4–7.1]	3.3a (Flanders)	3.0 [1.2–5.4]	3.5 [2.5–4.5]c, d
FCR total	1.6 [1.5–2.0]	1.61 [1.54–1.65]a, b	1.6 [1.5–1.7]	1.60 [1.33–1.65]d

Data are from seven production rounds (± 1 year) preceding the farm visit. Median reference values for both countries were added.

FCR, feed conversion ratio.

^aDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries in Flanders (23);

^bPluimveeloket (24);

^cAgo and food portal (25);

^dBlanken et al. (26).