Special reports: Effect of animal welfare audits of slaughter plants by a major fast food company on cattle handling and stunning practices

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 848-851

  Grandin, Temple ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VOCALIZATION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0000192004     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.848     Document Type: Article

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