Regrouping unfamiliar animals in the weeks prior to slaughter has few effects on physiology and meat quality in Bos taurus feedlot steers

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 763-769

  Colditz, I G ^a,b   Ferguson, D M ^a,b   Greenwood, P L ^a   Doogan, V J ^a   Petherick, J C ^a,c   Kilgour, R J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS RESISTANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 34347327062     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05114     Document Type: Article

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