Table 1 Overview of the study sample in a study investigating carcass condemnation in aviary housed layers
From: Causes of carcass condemnation in Norwegian aviary housed layers
Total number | Mean | Median | Range | St. dev | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum | Maximum | |||||
Farms | 56 | |||||
Flocks | 98 | |||||
Slaughter batches | 101 | |||||
Layers delivered to slaughter | 759,584 | 7520.6 | 7201 | 273 | 15,514 | 2631.7 |
Dead on arrival (DOA) | 1705 | 16.9 | 9 | 1 | 396 | 42.78 |
DOA % (slaughter batch level) | – | 0.24% | 0.13% | 0.03% | 5.63% | 0.61% |
Layers condemneda | 33,754 | 334.2 | 289 | 9 | 970 | 180.6 |
Average batch carcass weight (g) | – | 977.3 | 982.8 | 861.6 | 1047.3 | 35.6 |