Hirasilva Borba

1. IntroductionThe world’s chicken meat production has grown markedly in the last few decades, with a 3% increase estimated for 2020 in relation to the 95.5 million tons produced in the year 2019 [1]. Today’s successful production and exports of chicken meat are a result of measures adopted by the poultry industry, with high growth rates, minor feed conversion ratios and elevated meat ...