Handling, bruising and dehydration of cattle at the time of slaughter

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-270

  Jarvis, A M ^a   Messer, C D A ^a   Cockram, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bruising; Cattle; Dehydration; Handling; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000212093     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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