Gestão e monitoramento da qualidade das matérias-primas da indústria de rações avícolas

Abstract

In the chain of production of animal products, the feed mill is of fundamental importance in the economic and sustainability aspects. The main objective of this research is to improve the quality and efficiency of the production of poultry rations by reducing the nutritional variability of the ingredients. The study presents and discusses concepts of quality management focusing on the main inputs used in the industry. Through the bibliometric and content analysis of a selected portfolio in the international literature, it was possible to identify gaps related to the topic addressed. The nutritional variation of the ingredients allied to the establishment of classification criteria for suppliers of soybean meal was evaluated. A more efficient analytical method for nutritional analysis of soybean meal was also proposed, using near infrared spectroscopy, complementing with the analysis of the economical viability in the implantation of a maize segregation process in the animal nutrition industry as a way of increasing efficiency productive. Empirical studies were carried out involving raw materials from a feed mill of poultry located in the extreme western region of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. The study allowed to identify and discuss factors that influence positively and negatively the variation of the nutritional results of the rations. It is concluded that the analysis of the nutritional variation of the ingredients, the use of a supplier classification process, the proposition of an alternative fast ingredient analysis methodology using near infrared spectroscopy and the segregation of raw materials, are presented as effective methods to increase productive efficiency in feed mill.