Fish welfare and quality as affected by pre-slaughter and slaughter management

Aquaculture International

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-49

  Poli, Bianca Maria ^a   Parisi, G ^a   Scappini, F ^a   Zampacavallo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish quality; Fish welfare; Pre slaughter stress; Slaughter methods; Stress indices

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 15444366848     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10499-004-9035-1     Document Type: Article

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