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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
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The Brain, Unconsciousness and Death: A Critical Appraisal with Regard to Halal Meat Production

Authors: A. Fuseini

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bleeding-out, consciousness, death, halal slaughter, unconsciousness

2019

The compatibility of modern slaughter techniques with halal slaughter: a review of the aspects of ‘modern’ slaughter methods that divide scholarly opinion within the Muslim community

Authors: A. Fuseini, S. B. Wotton, P. J. Hadley, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bleeding-out, halal slaughter, mechanical slaughter, pre-slaughter stunning, thoracic sticking

2017

Fit for transport? Broiler chicken fitness assessment for transportation to slaughter

Authors: L. Jacobs, E. Delezie, L. Duchateau, K. Goethals, D. Vermeulen, J. Buyse, F. A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measure, broiler chicken, fitness-for-transport assessment, physiological stress, pre-slaughter phase

2017

Behavioural, brain and cardiac responses to hypobaric hypoxia in broiler chickens

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Malcolm A. Mitchell, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning

2016

Effects of analgesic intervention on behavioural responses to Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning

Authors: Jessica E. Martin, Karen Christensen, Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton, Dorothy E. F. McKeegan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning, pain

2016

Reducing the effect of pre-slaughter fasting on the stress response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Authors: R. Bermejo-Poza, J. De la Fuente, C. Pérez, S. Lauzurica, E. González de Chávarri, M. T. Diaz, M. Villarroel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: fasting, fisheries, slaughter, stress, trout

2016

The stunning and slaughter of cattle within the EU: a review of the current situation with regard to the halal market

Authors: A. Fuseini, T. G. Knowles, J. A. Lines, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, halal, reversible stunning, slaughter, stunning

2016

Animal welfare towards sustainability in pork meat production

Authors: Antonio Velarde, Emma Fàbrega, Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Antoni Dalmau

Publication/Journal: Meat Science

Keywords: animal welfare, farm, meat production, pigs, slaughter, sustainability, transport

2015

Effects of catching and transportation versus pre-slaughter handling at the abattoir on the prevalence of wing fractures in broilers

Authors: K. E. Kittelsen, E. G. Granquist, G. Vasdal, E. Tolo, R. O. Moe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, catching, pre-slaughter handling, transport, wing fractures

2015

Sound levels above 85dB pre-slaughter influence pork quality

Authors: L. Vermeulen, V. Van de Perre, L. Permentier, S. De Bie, G. Verbeke, R. Geers

Publication/Journal: Meat Science

Keywords: meat quality, ph, pig, pre-slaughter stress, sound levels

2015

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