Human-animal interactions at abattoirs: Relationships between handling and animal stress in sheep and cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-33

  Hemsworth, Paul H ^a,b   Rice, Maxine ^a   Karlen, Marcus G ^a   Calleja, Lisa ^a   Barnett, John L ^a   Nash, Judy ^a   Coleman, Grahame J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b University of Melbourne and the Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cortisol; Handling; Sheep; Slaughter; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BLOOD; CANID; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 82555165797     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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