Effects of preslaughter handling on stress response and meat quality in pigs

Welfare of Pigs from Birth to Slaughter

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-224

  Faucitano, L ^a   Geverink, N A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ante mortem handling; Meat quality; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650236309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-637-3     Document Type: Chapter

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