Improvements in stunning of cattle with a pneumatic stunner after changes in equipment and employee training;Mejoras en la insensibilización de bovinos con pistola neumática de proyectil retenido tras cambios de equipamiento y capacitación del personal

Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-170

  Gallo, C ^a   Teuber, C ^a   Cartes, M ^a   Uribe, H ^a   Grandin, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Slaughter; Stunning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLEEDING; BREATHING; CATTLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLAPSE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DEVICE; EMPLOYEE; EQUIPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDING; TIME; TRAINING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1642286711     PISSN: 0301732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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