Animal welfare and meat production /

• Main Authors: Gregory, Neville G., (Author), Grandin, Temple, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Animal welfare.; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses.; Meat industry and trade > Quality control.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Slaughter.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Welfare.; Aquaculture (Animals); Abattoirs.; Aquaculture.; Auditing.; Farms.; Genetics.; Markets.; Meat.; Meat and livestock industry.; Meat production.; Meat quality.; Poultry.; Slaughter.; Stunning.
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• Item Description: Title of previous editon: Animal welfare and meat science.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index.
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This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the relationships and conflicts between the welfare of major food animal species and commercial needs of the meat and livestock industry. This book is comprised of 14 chapters. New contributions on animal welfare in developing countries, animal genetics and welfare, animal slaughter, aquaculture and auditing standards for assessing welfare at farms and abattoirs are included.