Driving change: Innovation in humane handling and transport.

As the Canadian poultry industry continually improves bird welfare, it’s incorporating new research and technologies into transport and handling. One of Canada’s processing industry leaders, Maple Lodge Farms, has done a large amount of its own research and development on poultry transport and holding facilities. It established a Transport Working Committee in 2014 for this purpose, which included vets, agricultural engineers, ventilation experts, animal behaviourists, transportation specialists and equipment manufacturers.

Link to article in Canadian Poultry.