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Animal welfare at slaughter / editors, Antonio Velarde, Mohan Raj.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal welfare series.
- The animal welfare series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal welfare.
- Slaughtering and slaughter-houses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield : 5m Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- This research monograph provides a thoroughly scientific evidence-based account of the physiology and behaviour of animals for slaughter, analysis of the different killing methods, legislation and operating procedures, lairage and movement, depopulation and handling.
- Contents:
- Physiology and behavior of food animals
- Reception and unloading of animals
- Lairage and handling
- Practical methods to improve animal handling and restraint
- Mechanical stunning and killing methods
- Electrical stunning and killing methods
- Gas stunning and killing methods
- Fish stunning and killing
- Slaughter without stuning
- Animal welfare at depopulation strategies during disease control actions
- European Council Regulation (EC) 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
- Future trends to improve welfare at slaughter
- Effect of pre-slaughter handling and stunning on meat quality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 22, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-912178-06-0
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