Comparison of Halal slaughter with captive bolt stunning and neck cutting in cattle: Exsanguination and quality parameters

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Anil, M Haluk ^a   Yesildere, T ^b   Aksu, H ^b   Matur, E ^b   McKinstry, J L ^a   Weaver, H R ^a   Erdogan, O ^b   Hughes, S ^a   Mason, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Istanbul   (Turkey)

^c Humane Slaughter Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Blood loss; Halal slaughter; Stunning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCUTION; FOOD QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAT; MOSLEM; NECK DISSECTION; NONHUMAN; RELIGION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750741933     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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