Effect of catching broilers by hand or machine on rates of injuries and dead-on-arrivals

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Knierim, U ^a   Gocke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal handling; Animal welfare; Broiler; Catching machine; Dead on arrival; Injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG INJURY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POULTRY FARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPRING; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0037257526     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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