Current state of turkey meat production in the world and in Bulgaria A review

Pavlina Hristakieva

Abstract: The good qualities combined with the high economic efficiency are the factors for increasing the production and consumption of turkey meat worldwide. Turkeys is becoming an increasingly popular source for poultry meat. Undoubtedly, such a great advance in breeding improves the profitability of turkeys rearing and makes the meat of this species a food product available to an ever increasing
group of consumers. There is no large production of broiler turkeys in Bulgaria, the small amount being grown only on private farms. In recent years, there has been a decrease in the number of turkeys, with meat consumption per capita being around 0.5 kg. Despite many attempts, our country is still unable to organize a sufficiently efficient production of turkey meat, which is a prerequisite for
an increase in imports of turkeys products.

Keywords: consumption turkey meat; meat yield; production turkey meat; turkeys

Date published: 2023-07-26