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D-mortality-rate Dictionary

Mortality rate

The share of birds or animals that die during a production cycle

All termsIntroduced in M12Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
The share of birds or animals that die during a production cycle
How to use it
Include a realistic mortality rate in every livestock budget.
South African benchmark
South African broiler budgets include a standard mortality allowance per batch.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M12
Calculate it
T-M12-02 Broiler Batch Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A077, LIB-A081, LIB-P-Broiler, LIB-P-Ostrich
See also
Biosecurity
Forty birds with three lost, illustrating a mortality rateMortality rate3 birds lost out of 40 = 7.5% mortality. Every loss carries its feed and chick cost.
Mortality rate, shown as a diagram.

Introduced in M12 Poultry and Ostrich.