Oriënterende metingen van de ammoniakemissie bij trager groeiende vleeskuikens

Samenvatting

This report describes the results of indicative ammonia emission measurements on one location with different
production systems with slower growing broilers. The aim of this study was to get a first impression of the
ammonia emission from houses with slower growing broilers and a lower stocking density. This study was
conducted in the period January 2022 – February 2023 at one location with two identical houses within the
framework of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) "Slower growing broilers: Towards integrated sustainable
animal welfare" (BO-47-001-052). This PPP-project was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality and a consortium of various private partners from the slow-growing broiler sector. This study
showed that the ammonia emission on this farm with different production systems with slower growing
broilers averaged 95 ± 16 g NH3 per animal place per year. Since the measurements only took place at one
location and because there is a real chance that the ventilation rate, and therefore also the ammonia
emission, will be overestimated, the ammonia emission found in this study cannot be seen as a general
indication of the level of ammonia emissions from houses with slower growing broilers and lower stocking
density