Volume 120, October 2016, Pages 71–77
Meat
for Global Sustainability: 62nd International Congress of Meat Science
and Technology (62nd ICoMST), August 14-19, 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
- Danish Meat Research Institute/Danish Technological Institute, Gregersensvej 9, DK 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
- Received 1 February 2016, Revised 7 April 2016, Accepted 8 April 2016, Available online 12 April 2016
Highlights
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- Influence of pre-slaughter handling on animal welfare, quality and carcass value
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- Importance of well working systems to improve animal welfare
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- Systems to survey pre-slaughter handling and animal welfare
Abstract
Animal
welfare is receiving increasing attention from the authorities, the
public and NGOs. For this reason, the improvement of animal welfare and
animal handling systems is of the utmost importance for the meat
industry. Technological developments have led to more animal friendly
systems that handle animals on the day of slaughter, and these
developments will be even more important as consideration for animal
welfare and sustainability is no longer just a trend but a licence to
operate. Improvement of animal welfare also leads to a higher value of
the carcasses due to higher product quality, less cut-off caused by
fewer injuries, and reduced working load, which leads to increased
business opportunities. Therefore, good animal welfare is good business,
and the development and implementation of new technology is the way to
obtain improved animal welfare. These subjects will be addressed using
examples and cases from the pork and broiler production industry.
Keywords
- Pre-slaughter handling;
- Product quality;
- Carcass value;
- Efficiency
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