Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of Angus steers during pre-slaughter handling and relationship with temperament and physiological responses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Stockman, Catherine A ^a   McGilchrist, Peter ^a   Collins, Teresa ^a   Barnes, Anne L ^a   Miller, David ^a   Wickham, Sarah L ^a   Greenwood, Paul L ^b   Cafe, Linda M ^b   Blache, Dominique ^c   Wemelsfelder, Francoise ^d   Fleming, Patricia A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Crush agitation score; Flight speed; Free choice profiling; Generalised Procrustes Analysis; Lairage; Temperament testing; Tension score

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEAT; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSION;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84870239863     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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