The slaughter of farmed animals: practical ways of enhancing animal welfare

This book contains 18 chapters that discuss welfare issues at slaughter; tradeoffs balancing livestock and poultry welfare concerns with the commercial reality of slaughter; conditioning of animals an arrival at the abattoir and their management during lairage; bruising in cattle; behavioural princi...

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Other Authors: Grandin, Temple 1947- (Editor), Cockram, Michael (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford ; Boston CABI [2020]
Series:CABI Books
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Online Access:DE-19
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Summary:This book contains 18 chapters that discuss welfare issues at slaughter; tradeoffs balancing livestock and poultry welfare concerns with the commercial reality of slaughter; conditioning of animals an arrival at the abattoir and their management during lairage; bruising in cattle; behavioural principles of stockmanship and abattoir facility design; review of scientific research studies on poultry stunning methods; stunning poultry with controlled atmosphere systems; stunning of pigs and sheep with electricity and carbon dioxide; captive bolt stunning of cattle and other animals; religious slaughter and how to improve welfare during both kosher and halal methods; auditing and assessing the welfare of livestock and poultry during preslaughter handling and stress; determining unconsciousness and insensibility in commercial abattoirs; the physiology of the brain and determining insensibility and unconsciousness; the importance of good preslaughter handling to improve meat quality in cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry; the use of abattoir data to provide information on the welfare of livestock and poultry on the farm and during transport and approaches to legislation and enforcement to minimize welfare issues associated with slaughter. The last chapter discusses ethical issues, including animal abuse and meat eating, ethical meat eating, the quality of life of food animals, the crime of inhumane slaughter and opinions on the use of animals as food.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 277 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781789240580
DOI:10.1079/9781789240573.0000

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