Developing measures to audit welfare of cattle and pigs at slaughter

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Grandin, T ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Audits; Cattle; Pigs; Slaughter; Stunning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FALLING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

EID: 84864831942     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.21.3.351     Document Type: Article

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