Special problems of long-distance road transports of cattle

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 120-125

  Marahrens, M ^a   Von Richthofen, I ^b   Schmeiduch, S ^b   Hartung, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Cattle; Handling; Physiology; Transport of animals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BODY POSITION; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEART RATE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; ANSER SP.; BOS TAURUS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038305697     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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