Pigs’ aggressive temperament affects pre-slaughter mixing aggression, stress and meat quality
Pre-slaughter stress has a negative impact on animal welfare and on meat quality. Aggressive behaviour when pigs are mixed together for transportation to, or on arrival at, the abattoir is an important factor in pre-slaughter stress. Aggressiveness of pigs varies between individuals in the populatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731109991406 |