Despite increasingly detailed knowledge of the biochemical processes involved in the
determination of meat quality traits, robust models, using biochemical characteristics of the …

Simple Summary Stress factors (heat, cold, transport, treatment, nutritional, shearing, and
weaning) are stimulants that initiate a stress response and are an inevitable result of today's …

The amount of space provided to animals governs important elements of their behaviour
and, hence, is critical for their health and welfare. We review the use of allometric principles …

The objectives of the present experiment were 1) to study the effects of transport conditions
and lairage duration on stress level, muscle glycolytic potential, and pork quality; and 2) to …

The experiment was designed to determine the effects of short road transportation in an
open truck during the hot season on live weight shrink, physiological responses, carcass …

The objective of this study was to evaluate conditions during transport and their effects on
welfare and carcase bruising of beef cattle in Uruguay, a country with an extensive, pasture …

A total of 144 lambs were sampled in a 3× 2× 2 factorial design, testing three residence
(stay) times at a pre-slaughter classification centre (0, 7, and 28days) and two seasons …

This study determined whether transporting lambs on paved (PR) or unpaved roads (UR) for
3 h had an effect on plasma stress indicators (cortisol, lactate, glucose, creatine kinase [CK] …

Concerns for the lives of animals have been voiced for centuries, with concerns about the
welfare of agricultural animals increasing since the 1960s. Animal welfare concerns arise for …

Physiological responses of food animals to road transportation stress Page 1 African Journal of
Biotechnology Vol. 8 (25), pp. 7415-7427, 29 December, 2009 Available online at …