Journal: Ekonomika i Organizacja Logistyki
Year: 2019

The purpose of the paper is to estimate the financial losses incurred by the Polish meat industry as a result of pigs and slaughter poultry mortalities in pre-slaughter handling.The analysis showed that the total financial losses resulting from the pigs' mortality during transport to an abattoir in 2005-2018 could be estimated at about PLN 178 million.In the case of slaughter poultry, the losses in the period analysed amounted to PLN 321 million.The results obtained indicate the need for improve