The welfare of pigs during transport and slaughter Grandin, Temple Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-22) To maintain a high standard of animal welfare during transportation and slaughter of pigs requires both the paper equipment and supervision of employees. The use of numerical scoring of handling and stunning can help maintain high standards because it will enable management to determine whether or not practices are improving or deteriorating. The following variables should be measured: 1) The percentage of pigs stunned correctly, 2) percentage that remain insensible, 3) percentage that are prodded with an electric goad, 4)percentage that fall during handling and 5) percentage vocalizing. For electric stunning, sufficient amperage must be passed through a pig’s brain to induce an epileptic seizure. For CO2 a 90% concentration is recommended. Other gas mixtures are reviewed. Handling facilities must be designed so that pigs move easily without balking or backing up and have non-slip floors. Research on the following topics is reviewed: electric stunning, CO2 stunning, pig behavior during handling, return to sensibility, facility design, truck loading, density and transport stress. Colorado State University. Libraries [2002-?] Text application/pdf HS103.pdf FACFANIS100053ARTI eng English Copyright of original work is retained by the author.
The welfare of pigs during transport and slaughter
Grandin, Temple
Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-22)
To maintain a high standard of animal welfare during transportation and slaughter of pigs requires both the paper equipment and supervision of employees. The use of numerical scoring of handling and stunning can help maintain high standards because it will enable management to determine whether or not practices are improving or deteriorating. The following variables should be measured: 1) The percentage of pigs stunned correctly, 2) percentage that remain insensible, 3) percentage that are prodded with an electric goad, 4)percentage that fall during handling and 5) percentage vocalizing. For electric stunning, sufficient amperage must be passed through a pig’s brain to induce an epileptic seizure. For CO2 a 90% concentration is recommended. Other gas mixtures are reviewed. Handling facilities must be designed so that pigs move easily without balking or backing up and have non-slip floors. Research on the following topics is reviewed: electric stunning, CO2 stunning, pig behavior during handling, return to sensibility, facility design, truck loading, density and transport stress.
Colorado State University. Libraries
[2002-?]
Text
application/pdf
HS103.pdf
FACFANIS100053ARTI
eng
English
Copyright of original work is retained by the author.