Restraining and neck cutting or stunning and neck cutting of veal calves

Meat Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-28

  Lambooij, E ^a   van der Werf, J T N ^a   Reimert, H G M ^a   Hindle, V A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Calves; Neck cutting; Neural parameters; Restraining; Stunning

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PARAMETERS; CALVES; NEURAL PARAMETERS; RESTRAINING; STUNNING;

BRAIN;

ROTATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; BRAIN; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLINKING; BRAIN; CATTLE; HEART; HEART RATE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856400805     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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