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Animal Welfare - Content and Abstracts
Volume 21
Supplement 2
June 2012
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- A review of the humaneness of puntilla as a slaughter method. G Limon, J Guitian and NG Gregory
- Advances in the electrical stunning and bleeding of ostriches. LC Hoffman
- Human-animal relationships at sheep and cattle abattoirs. GJ Coleman, M Rice and PH Hemsworth
- Evidence for pain in decapod crustaceans. RW Elwood
- Auditing animal welfare and making practical improvements in beef-, pork- and sheep-slaughter plants. T Grandin
- Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of captive-bolt guns as a killing method without exsanguination for horned and unhorned sheep. TJ Gibson, AL Ridler, CR Lamb, A Williams, S Giles and NG Gregory
- Stress at slaughter in cattle: role of reactivity profile and environmental factors.
EMC Terlouw, C Bourguet and V Deiss - Identifying reasons for stun failures in slaughterhouses for cattle and pigs: a field study. M von Wenzlawowicz, K von Holleben and E Eser
- Veterinary certificates for emergency or casualty slaughter bovine animals in the Republic of Ireland: are the welfare needs of certified animals adequately protected? M Cullinane, E O’Sullivan, G Collins, DM Collins and SJ More
- Improving the poultry shackle line. JA Lines, P Berry, P Cook, CP Schfield and TG Knowles
- Assessment of unconsciousness during slaughter without stunning in lambs. P Rodríguez, A Velarde, A Dalmau and P Llonch
- Complications during shechita and halal slaughter without stunning in cattle. NG Gregory, M von Wenzlawowicz, K von Holleben, HR Fielding, TJ Gibson, L Mirabito and R Kolesar
- Welfare during gathering and loading of deer bred for meat in Italy. D Quiliquini and I Alpigiani
- WSPA and APRSI humane slaughter programme in China: STEPS®. J Zili and R Kolesar
- Captive-bolt euthanasia of cattle: determination of optimal-shot placement and evaluation of the Cash Special Euthanizer Kit® for euthanasia of cattle. JN Gilliam, JK Shearer, J Woods, J Hill, J Reynolds, JD Taylor, RJ Bahr, S Crochik and TA Snider
- Licensing poultry CO2 gas-stunning systems with regard to animal welfare: investigations under practical conditions. K von Holleben, M von Wenzlawowicz and E Eser
- Pain perception at slaughter. CB Johnson, TJ Gibson, KJ Stafford and DJ Mellor
- Aversion to the inhalation of nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixtures compared to high concentrations of carbon dioxide for stunning rabbits. P Llonch, P Rodríguez, A Velarde, V Abreu de Lima and A Dalmau
- The effect of stun duration and level of applied current on stun and meat quality of electrically stunned lambs under commercial conditions. C Berg, C Nordensten, J Hultgren and B Algers
- The use of a single empirical outcome measure to assess welfare in slaughter plants: between- and within-sector comparisons of the supply base for a major retail multiple. F Roberts, A Lucas and S Johnson
- Equivalency between EU and non-EU countries regarding animal welfare at slaughter. T Cassidy