Monitoring the health and welfare of free-living deer in deer parks

Authors: P. Green

Publication/Journal: In Practice

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, metabolism, trace, veterinary sciences

2017

Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs

Authors: S. Harley, L. A. Boyle, N. E. O'Connell, S. J. More, D. L. Teixeira, A. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting

2014

The effect of pre-stun shocks in electrical water-bath stunners on carcase and meat quality in broilers

Authors: M. A. Rao, T. G. Knowles, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase quality, electrical stunning, miss-stun, pre-stun shocks, water-bath stunner

2013

Improving the poultry shackle line

Authors: J. A. Lines, P. Berry, P. Cook, C. P. Schofield, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broilers, poultry, shackle line, slaughter, water bath

2012

The need for monitoring farm animal welfare during mass killing for disease eradication purposes

Authors: C. Berg

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, biosecurity, contingency planning, depopulation, disease control, euthanasia

2012

Comparison of effects of different methods of culling red deer (Cervus elaphus) by shooting on behaviour and post mortem measurements of blood chemistry, muscle glycogen and carcase characteristics

Authors: M. S. Cockram, D. J. Shaw, E. Milne, R. Bryce, C. McClean, Mj Daniels

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood chemistry, culling, meat quality, red deer, stalking

2011

Does rubber flooring improve welfare and production in growing bulls in fully slatted floor pens?

Authors: K.L. Graunke, E. Telezhenko, A. Hessle, C. Bergsten, J.M. Loberg

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cattle, claw health, cleanliness, performance

2011

Relationship between the response to the corneal reflex (depth of narcosis) and specific parameters in the slaughter blood of pigs narcotised with CO2

Authors: H. Hartmann, G. Rindermann, C. Siegling-Vlitakis, G. Arndt, K. Wolf, R. Fries

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acid-base parameter, animal welfare, blood-gas tension, co2 stunning, corneal reflex response, pigs

2010

Transportation of beef cattle to slaughterhouses and how this relates to animal welfare and carcase bruising in an extensive production system

Authors: S. M. Huertas, A. D. Gil, J. M. Piaggio, F. J. C. M. van Eerdenburg

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, beef cattle, carcase damage, extensive production system, meat quality, transport

2010

Validation of an Animal Needs Index for cattle using Test Theory

Authors: T. Herva, O. Peltoniemi, A-M. Virtala

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, daily gain, epidemiology, fat, mortality

2009