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Animal Stress and Welfare During Transport and Slaughtering
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lambooij, Elbert, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2025
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Slaughter animals are transported, lairaged and stunned before slaughter. The welfare of animals can be compromised during this period. It is expected that all animals be protected from avoidable sources of disturbance, pain, or suffering during transport, lairage, restraint, stunning, slaughter, or killing. Slaughter animals include horses, ruminants, pigs, poultry, and species of fish. The different aspects involved in handling these animals are described in each chapter.
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