Influence of the design of facilities at auction markets and animal handling procedures on bruising in cattle

Veterinary Record

Volumn 150, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 743-748

  Weeks, C A ^a   McNally, P W ^a   Warriss, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTUSION; INJURY SCALE; PATHOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONTUSIONS; ENGLAND; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; TRANSPORTATION; WALES;

EID: 0037096084     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.150.24.743     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. The Australian carcass bruise scoring system
2. Bruise size and method of marketing cattle
3. Livestock Handling and Transport
4. Effect of source of cattle and distance transported to a commercial slaughter facility on carcase bruises in mature beef cows
5. The influence of source, sex class and pre-slaughter handling on the bruising of cattle at two slaughterhouses
6. Recent bruising in cattle at abattoirs
7. Prevalence of carcase bruising and stick-marking of cattle bought from different auction markets
8. Bruising in cattle
9. Bruising in beef cattle slaughtered at an abattoir in southern Queensland
10. Bruising in cattle transported over long distances