Livestock transport from the perspective of the pre-slaughter logistic chain: A review

Meat Science

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-20

  Miranda de la Lama, G C ^a   Villarroel, M ^b   Maria G A ^c  

^a Metroipolitan Autonomous University Lerma   (Mexico)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Pig; Pre slaughter logistics chain; Sheep; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHAINS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE; LOGISTICS CHAINS; PIG; SHEEP; TRANSPORT;

LOADING;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; DOMESTIC SHEEP; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; PIG; PROCEDURES; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84899902313     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.04.005     Document Type: Review

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