Pre-Slaughter Management Technical Articles
Article published the November 21, 2016:
Article published the August 26, 2016:
Introduction
Animal vocalisations can contain information such as signalling threats [1], choosing mates [2] or alerting infants for suckling [3]. In case of livestock animals, information contained in vocalis...
Article published the June 7, 2013:
Introduction
Transportation is a necessary part of modern U.S.A. pig production. Over 100 million U.S.A. pigs are transported 2 or 3 times from birth to market (USDA, 2005). Pigs are most often transported at ...
Article published the April 23, 2013:
1. Introduction
This paper summarises some key findings fromrecent research into animal welfare during the preslaughter and slaughter periods. It focuses on injuries and ease of handling, stress effe...
Article published the April 10, 2013:
Introduction
Traditionally, pig production in Spain has been based on crossing Landrace × Large White dams with lean sire lines, such as Pietrain and then slaughtering gilts and intact mal...
Article published the April 9, 2013:
Introduction
Slaughter weights (SLW) for swine in the United States have been increasing steadily over recent years and currently average approximately 112 kg for slaughter barrows and gilts (Mo...
Article published the February 22, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Dead and nonambulatory pigs at the processing plant are a multifactorial problem that can be influenced by pig, facility design, people, management, transportation, processing&...
Article published the November 30, 2012:
Introduction
Improvest® (Pfizer Animal Health) is approved in a number of countries for immunological castration of male pigs. There is an increasing amount of research evaluating the growth performance an...
Article published the October 20, 2010:
INTRODUCTIONThe projected increase in water demand by the world's livestock for the year 2025 is 71% and much of this will occur in developing countries (Bruinsmaa, 2003, Delgado et al. 1999).
The relation bet...
Article published the September 28, 2010:
At all times prior to slaughter pigs may experience stress from a range of handling practices, such as fasting, loading and transport, mixing and interaction with humans. Preslaughter stress is both an animal w...