Animal welfare aspects in respect of the slaughter or killing of pregnant livestock animals (cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses)

Animal welfare aspects in respect of the slaughter or killing of pregnant livestock animals (cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses)

Abstract This scientific opinion addresses animal welfare aspects of slaughtering of livestock pregnant animals. Term of Reference (ToR) 1 requested assessment of the prevalence of animals slaughtered in a critical developmental stage of gestation when the livestock fetuses might experience negative...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Simon More, Dominique Bicout, Anette Botner, Andrew Butterworth, Paolo Calistri, Klaus Depner, Sandra Edwards, Bruno Garin‐Bastuji, Margaret Good, Christian Gortazar Schmidt, Virginie Michel, Miguel Angel Miranda, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Antonio Velarde, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Liisa Sihvonen, Hans Spoolder, Jan Arend Stegeman, Mohan Raj, Preben Willeberg, Denise Candiani, Christoph Winckler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-05-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
Slaughter
pregnant animals
livestock species
animal welfare
conscious perception
pain
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4782

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https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4782

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