Comparison of religious slaughter of sheep with methods that include pre-slaughter stunning, and the lack of differences in exsanguination, packed cell volume and meat quality parameters

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-392

  Anil, M H ^a   Yesildere, T ^b   Aksu, H ^b   Matur, E ^b   McKinstry, J L ^a   Erdogan, O ^b   Hughes, S ^a   Mason, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Istanbul   (Turkey)

^c Humane Slaughter Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Blood loss; Halal; Religious slaughter; Shechita; Stunning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; HEMATOCRIT; LAW; MEAT INDUSTRY; MOSLEM; NONHUMAN; PH; RELIGION; SHEEP; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 8544232771     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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