Pre-slaughter conditions, animal stress and welfare: Current status and possible future research

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1501-1517

  Terlouw, E M C ^a   Arnould, C ^b   Auperin, B ^c   Berri, C ^d   Le Bihan Duval, E ^d   Deiss, V ^a   Lefevre F ^c   Lensink, B J ^a,e   Mounier, L ^a,f  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^e Institut Superieur d'Agriculture   (France)

^f VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Muscle metabolism; Physiology; Slaughter; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 50449106303     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002723     Document Type: Review

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