Assessment of cattle welfare at a commercial slaughter plant in the northwest of Mexico

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 497-504

  Miranda de la Lama, Genaro C ^a   Leyva, Iván G ^b   Barreras Serrano, Alberto ^b   Pérez Linares, Cristina ^b   Sánchez López, Eduardo ^b   María, Gustavo A ^a   Figueroa Saavedra, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal welfare assessment; Bruising; Cattle; Lairage; M xico; Stunning; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; VOCALIZATION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84856739851     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9925-y     Document Type: Article

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