Effect of the pre-slaughter logistic chain on some indicators of welfare in lambs

Livestock Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 52-59

  Miranda de la Lama, G C ^a   Rivero, L ^a   Chacon G ^a   Garcia Belenguer, S ^a   Villarroel, M ^b   Maria, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lambs; Pre slaughter logistic chain; Season; Transport; Welfare

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; RASA ARAGONESA;

EID: 76349125978     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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