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By: NG Gregory and T Grandin
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Provides a general review of current knowledge of the welfare of farmed animals as this impacts on meat quality.
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Animal welfare and the meat market; livestock presentation and welfare before slaughter; solving livestock handling problems in slaughter plants; physiology of stress, distress, stunning and slaughter; muscle structure, exercise and metabolism; post-mortem muscle metabolism and meat quality; cattle; sheep; pigs; poultry; fish; processed meats; stunning and slaughter; stunning and meat quality; caring for animals and for quality.
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Out of Print
By: NG Gregory and T Grandin
298 pages, B/w photos, figs, tabs