Influence of lairage time on some welfare and meat quality parameters in pigs

Veterinary Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-250

  Pérez, María Pilar ^a   Palacio, Jorge ^b   Santolaria, María Pilar ^c   Aceña, María Del Carmen ^d   Chacón, Gema ^d   Verde, María Teresa ^d   Calvo, Jorge Hugo ^d   Zaragoza, María Pilar ^d   Gascón, Manuel ^d   García Belenguer, Sylvia ^d  

^a DGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lairage; Meat quality; Pigs; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE LEVEL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPAIN; STRESS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 20244386819     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2002012     Document Type: Article

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