TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grandin,Temple
AU  - Cockram,Michael
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - The slaughter of farmed animals: practical ways of enhancing animal welfare 
SN  - 9781789240580
AV  - HV4757 .S53 2020eb
U1  - 179/.3 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Animal welfare
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Meat animals
KW  - Animal industry
KW  - cabt
KW  - Slaughter
KW  - Stunning
KW  - Abattoirs
KW  - Animal husbandry
KW  - Animal physiology
KW  - Brain
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Food beliefs
KW  - Handling
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Livestock
KW  - Meat quality
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Poultry
KW  - Controlled atmospheres
KW  - Electronarcosis
KW  - Religious beliefs
KW  - Religious dietary laws
KW  - Pigmeat
KW  - Beef
KW  - Poultry meat
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Diet
KW  - Opinions
KW  - Domestic animals
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to Livestock and Poultry Welfare at Slaughter / Temple Grandin -- Welfare Issues at Slaughter / Michael Cockram -- Tradeoffs Balancing Livestock and Poultry Welfare Concerns with the Commercial Reality of Slaughter / Temple Grandin -- Condition of Animals on Arrival at the Abattoir and Their Management During Lairage / Michael Cockram -- The Basics of Bruising in Cattle: What, When and How / Lily N. Edwards-Callaway and Helen C. Kline -- Behavioural Principles of Stockmanship and Abattoir Facility Design / Temple Grandin -- Review of Scientific Research Studies on Poultry Stunning Methods / Charlotte (Lotta) Berg and Mohan Raj -- Stunning Poultry with Controlled Atmosphere Systems / Temple Grandin -- Stunning of Pigs and Sheep with Electricity and CO2 / Temple Grandin -- Basics of Captive Bolt Stunning of Cattle and Other Animals / Faith Baier and Dennis Willson -- Religious Slaughter and How to Improve Welfare During Both Kosher and Halal Methods / Temple Grandin and Erika Voogd -- Auditing and Assessing the Welfare of Livestock and Poultry During Pre-slaughter Handling and Stunning / Temple Grandin -- Determining Unconsciousness and Insensibility in Commercial Abattoirs / Temple Grandin -- The Physiology of the Brain and Determining Insensibility and Unconsciousness / E.M. Claudia Terlouw -- The Importance of Good Pre-slaughter Handling to Improve Meat Quality in Cattle, Pigs, Sheep and Poultry / Temple Grandin -- The Use of Abattoir Data to Provide Information on the Welfare of Livestock and Poultry on the Farm and During Transport / Temple Grandin and Michael Cockram -- Approaches to Legislation and Enforcement to Minimize Welfare Issues Associated with Slaughter / Michael Cockram -- Ethical Issues / Temple Grandin -- Animals Rights Viewpoint: The Abuse of Animals Won't Stop Until We Stop Eating Meat / Peter Singer -- Ethical Defence of Eating Meat: The Place of Meat Eating in Ethical Diets / Fr�ed�eric Leroy, Miki Ben-Dor and Frank M. Mitloehner -- Animal Welfare Viewpoint: Why Should Industry Worry About Food Animal Quality of Life? / Bernard E. Rollin -- Animal Protectionist Viewpoint: Inhumane Slaughter Should Be a Crime / Andy Lamey -- Animal Welfare Viewpoint: My Thoughts on Use of Animals for Food / Temple Grandin; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - This book contains 18 chapters that discuss welfare issues at slaughter; tradeoffs balancing livestock and poultry welfare concerns with the commercial reality of slaughter; conditioning of animals an arrival at the abattoir and their management during lairage; bruising in cattle; behavioural principles of stockmanship and abattoir facility design; review of scientific research studies on poultry stunning methods; stunning poultry with controlled atmosphere systems; stunning of pigs and sheep with electricity and carbon dioxide; captive bolt stunning of cattle and other animals; religious slaughter and how to improve welfare during both kosher and halal methods; auditing and assessing the welfare of livestock and poultry during preslaughter handling and stress; determining unconsciousness and insensibility in commercial abattoirs; the physiology of the brain and determining insensibility and unconsciousness; the importance of good preslaughter handling to improve meat quality in cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry; the use of abattoir data to provide information on the welfare of livestock and poultry on the farm and during transport and approaches to legislation and enforcement to minimize welfare issues associated with slaughter. The last chapter discusses ethical issues, including animal abuse and meat eating, ethical meat eating, the quality of life of food animals, the crime of inhumane slaughter and opinions on the use of animals as food
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789240573.0000
ER  -