Variation in the mortality rate of turkeys during transport to the slaughterhouse with travel distance and month

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 386-390

  Voslářová, Eva ^a   Rubešová, Lenka ^a   Večerek, Vladimír ^a   Pištěková, Vladimíra ^a   Malena, Milan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary Administration   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mortality; Poultry processing plant; Stress; Travel distance; Turkey; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEASON; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRESS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TURKEY (BIRD);

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750028032     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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