Bruising and biochemical measures of stress, dehydration and injury determined at slaughter in sheep transported from farms or markets

British Veterinary Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 719-722

  Jarvis, A M ^a   Cockram, M S ^a   McGilp, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoirs; Animal welfare; Meat quality; Sheep; Transport of animals

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; OSMOLARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ABATTOIRS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CREATINE KINASE; DEHYDRATION; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INCIDENCE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SHEEP; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030278416     PISSN: 00071935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1935(96)80125-4     Document Type: Article

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