A transporting unit for live poultry and handling method using the transporting unit

摘要

A transporting unit for live poultry including a quadrangular supporting frame (1; 10) and a plurality of drawer-type cages (2) open at the top, arranged in a superimposed condition in the frame (1; 10) and slidably displaceable outwards through a first side (A) of the supporting frame (1; 10), in a partially extracted condition, to enable loading of the poultry from a site located at a second side (B) of the frame (1; 10), from the lowermost drawer (2) kept inserted within the frame (1). The frame (1; 10) is configured so as to enable simultaneous loading of the poultry into each drawer-type cage (2) also from an additional site located at a third side (C) of the supporting frame (1; 10) which is opposite to said second side (B).