Transportation of beef cattle to slaughterhouses and how this relates to animal welfare and carcase bruising in an extensive production system

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Huertas, S M ^a   Gil, A D ^a,b   Piaggio, J M ^a,b   Van Eerdenburg, F J C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Min de Ganaderia Agric y Pesca   (Uruguay)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Beef cattle; Carcase damage; Extensive production system; Meat quality; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SKIN BRUISING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77955631543     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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