Evaluating the consumption of bovine meat in Brazil that today is esteem by the Union of the Industry of the meat and derivatives it is of 5,0 million tons per year, let us make a forecast of participation of 1% of the meat of ostrich in the domestic market, what it means 50 a thousand tons per year. If each abated ostrich to supply 30Kg of meat on average, would be then necessary one abates annual of 1,5 million birds. For this potential of productivity, we would need to form a flock of 55 a thousand females and up to 55 a thousand males, being totalized 110 a thousand reproducers. Considering that currently the national cash did not arrive at this number of reproducers, the market of venda of young birds for reproduction is sufficiently favorable.
Productivity
For if dealing with new activity in Brazil, the presented parameters to follow base on American literature north, that is, gotten average values for the productivity of ostriches created in the farms of U.S.A.
| Productive period of life |
the 35 40 years |
| Hope of life |
70 years |
| Spare percentage per year |
3% |
| Fertile egg number/bird/year |
40 |
| Percentage of young chickens born for fertile eggs |
50% |
| Number of young chickens with 30 days for female |
18 |
| Percentage of losses of 1 the 6 months |
16% |
| Average number of ostriches of female year//year |
14 |
| Source: Jobes, 1995 |
Gestation
Incubation |
Period Fattening |
Abated animals
Females/year |
Production Meat |
Production Leather |
Production Pens |
| 42 days |
1 year |
the 20 30 birds |
750 kg |
30 m2 |
30 kg |
Advantages
- Sensitivity of the consumer the more healthful alternative meats;
- Animal Unit/area;
- Hand of available workmanship;
- Tradition in the treatment and leather use;
- Farming Tradition;
- Favorable ambient Conditions. Disadvantages
- High Investments;
- Initially, demand the importation of many animals;
- Lack of experience technique;
- Lack in the support of the creation (rations, equipment, etc.).
The market of the ostrich creation does not run away very to the rule of the beginning of a new zootécnica activity in a country. As proper history discloses: U.S.A. had started to only create ostriches for 1975 return and 20 years later if it initiated abates it in that country. In Italy ostriches create themselves since 1979 and recently a abatedouro in that country was only mounted.
Following the marketing evolution, we divide the creation in two phases:
- 1ª phase (Breeding phase), characterized for the commercialization of reproducers, where the aggregate value of the animal is raised, making impracticable its abates. Depending on the intensity of the creation, this hard phase about 10 years or more.
Table: average of prices in the diverse regions of the United States:
| Reproducer |
Male ostrich |
Female ostrich |
| the 0 3 months |
US$ 300,00 |
US$ 450,00 |
| the 4 9 months |
US$ 200,00 |
US$ 500,00 |
| +de 12 months (pair) |
US$ 1,000, 00 |
US$ 3,000, 00 |
| 2 years (pair) |
US$ 4,000, 00 |
US$ 5,000, 00 |
| Reproducers (pair) |
US$ 5,000, 00 |
US$ 12,000, 00 |
| Fertile eggs: |
of US$ 70,00 US$ 125,00 |
| Source: Ratite Markplace, fev. 1996 |
- 2ª phase (commercial phase), characterized for the commercialization of animals for the consumption. The number of available animals, now is raised, reducing its value of market as reproductive, making possible its exploration in it abates it.
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