Handling of slaughter cattle in pre and post transport situations including loading and unloading on journeys up to 8 hours in Germany

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Holleben, K V ^b   Henke, S ^b   Schmidt, T ^c   Bostelmann, N ^b   Wenzlawowicz, M V ^a,b   Hartung, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Train Consult Inst Careful H   (Germany)

^c Consult Co Anim Husb Biometr ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Handling; Meat quality; Slaughter; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; CARCASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COW; GERMANY; HEART RATE; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEAT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038644674     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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