The slaughter of farmed animals : practical ways of enhancing animal welfare / / edited by Temple Grandin and Michael Cockram

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CAB International, , [2020]; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 336 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 179.3
• Soggetto topico: Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects; Meat animals - Moral and ethical aspects; Animal industry - Moral and ethical aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): GrandinTemple; CockramMichael
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to Livestock and Poultry Welfare at Slaughter -- Welfare Issues at Slaughter -- Tradeoffs Balancing Livestock and Poultry Welfare Concerns with the Commercial Reality of Slaughter -- Condition of Animals on Arrival at the Abattoir and Their Management During Lairage -- The Basics of Bruising in Cattle -- What, When and How -- 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 CO2 -- Basics of 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 Pre-slaughter Handling and Stunning -- Determining Unconsciousness and Insensibility in Commercial Abattoirs -- The Physiology of the Brain and Determining Insensibility and Unconsciousness -- The Importance of Good Pre-slaughter Handling to Improve Meat Quality in Cattle, Pigs, Sheep and Poultry -- The Use of Abattoir Data to Provide Information on the Welfare of Livestock and Poultry on the Farm and During Transport -- Approaches to Legislation and Enforcement to Minimize Welfare Issues Associated with Slaughter -- Ethical Issues -- Animals Rights Viewpoint: The Abuse of Animals Won't Stop Until We Stop Eating Meat -- Ethical Defence of Eating Meat: The Place of Meat Eating in Ethical Diets -- Animal Welfare Viewpoint: Why Should Industry Worry About Food Animal Quality of Life? -- Animal Protectionist Viewpoint: Inhumane Slaughter Should Be a Crime -- Animal Welfare Viewpoint: My Thoughts on Use of Animals for Food.
• Sommario/riassunto: "From the ethics of slaughtering farmed livestock to the practical guidelines that must be put in place to maximise animal welfare, this book combines scientific evidence with down-to-earth practical advice for government and private industry managers, veterinarians and animal welfare practitioners"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The slaughter of farmed animals
• ISBN: 1-78924-058-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910760491803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II