Effect of commercial transport in Spain on cattle welfare and meat quality

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 105-107

  Villarroel, M ^a,c   Maria G ^a   Sanudo C ^a   Garcia Belenguer S ^a   Chacon G ^a   Gebresenbet, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Beef; Cattle; Meat quality; Transport

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARCASS; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PH; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEASONS; SPAIN; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038644687     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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