Poultry Animal Welfare

Poultry animal welfare clinics are provided several times each year to promote continuing education of live production and processing plant management. Clinics are primarily focused on broiler production welfare auditing techniques based on National Chicken Council Animal Welfare Guidelines with additional materials supplemented by PAACO and PMC programs. Clinics are taught by Danny Thornton at locations across the US.

Topics to be covered include:
  • Conducting a proper AW audit
  • AW education – training and planning
  • Hatchery operations
  • Appropriate comfort and shelter
  • Health care
  • Ability to display normal behavior
  • Stocking density
  • Gait scoring
  • Lighting
  • On farm BMPs
  • Catching and Transportation
  • AW audit in the plant
Training Agenda
Our training includes 8 hours of classroom time:
  • 8:00 – 9:30
  • Conducting a Proper AW Audit
  • AW Training & Planning
  • Hatchery Operations
  • Comfort, Shelter & Stocking
  • Health Care& Normal Behavior
  • 9:30 – 9:45
  • Break
  • 9:45 – 11:30
  • Gait Scoring Video
  • Lighting, On Farm BMPs
  • Catching & Transportation
  • AW Audit in the Plant
  • 11:30 – 12:30
  • Lunch
  • 12:30 – 1:30
  • Biosecurity & Proper Ventilation
  • 1:30 – 1:45
  • Break
  • 1:45 – 2:45
  • Basics of Broiler Production
  • 2:45 – 3:00
  • Break
  • 3:00 – 4:00
  • Diseases & Chick Quality
  • 4:00 – 4:15
  • Break
  • 4:15 – 5:00
  • Water Quality & Aw Checklist
Contact us today to enroll for our next clinic:
  • Date
  • Location
  • Instructor
  • April 10th, 2014
  • Wrightsville Beach, NC (Wilmington, NC)
  • Danny Thornton
  • July 23rd, 2014
  • Gulf Shores, Alabama
  • Danny Thornton
  • September 16th, 2014
  • Salisbury, Maryland
  • Danny Thornton

Call Lisa Dillard at 615.646.1640 or emaill at lisa.dillard@foodsafeworld.com