Pre-slaughter stress mitigation in goats: Prospects and challenges

P Kumar, AA Abubakar, MA Ahmed, MN Hayat, U Kaka… - Meat science, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the years, the handling of goats (loading, transport, unloading, time spent in lairage)
prior to slaughter as well as the slaughter process (stunning, and bleeding) has largely …

Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge

AQ Sazili, P Kumar, MN Hayat - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Stunning renders animals to an unconscious state before slaughter
improves animal welfare by reducing stress, alleviating pain, and minimizing fear. Muslim …

Slaughtering of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with and without Stunning: A Focus on the Neurobiology of Pain, Hyperalgesia, and Sensitization

T Grandin, A Velarde, A Strappini, M Gerritzen… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to anatomical differences in the skull of the water buffalo (Bubalus
bubalis), the currently applied mechanical stunning methods in cattle (genus Bos) have …

Application of electroencephalography in preslaughter management: a review

P Kumar, AA Abubakar, AQ Sazili, U Kaka, YM Goh - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Preslaughter stress has a negative impact on animal welfare, consumer
acceptance, carcass, and meat quality. These preslaughter stressors include mishandling …

Effects of slaughter knife sharpness on blood biochemical and electroencephalogram changes in cattle

JC Imlan, U Kaka, YM Goh, Z Idrus, EA Awad… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of knife sharpness in slaughtering animals, from the perspective
of animal welfare, is likely subconsciously ignored by the masses involved in the abattoir …

Comparison of recovery of sheep, goats, and calves from reversible electrical head-only and head-to-body stunning for halal meat production

NJ Beausoleil, MM Farouk, J Webster… - New Zealand …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Aims To compare the recovery of lambs, goats, and calves from head-only (HO) or high-
frequency head-to-body stunning and evaluate the complementary use of behaviour and …

Slaughter of cattle without stunning: Questions related to pain, stress and endorphins

EMC Terlouw, V Paulmier, S Andanson, L Picgirard… - Meat Science, 2024 - Elsevier
EEG studies have suggested that cattle perceive pain when bled without stunning. The
present study on bleeding without stunning, compared cows that had received a local …

Welfare of sheep and goats at slaughter

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare … - EFSA …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The killing of sheep and goats for human consumption (slaughtering) can take place in a
slaughterhouse or on‐farm. The processes of slaughtering that were assessed for welfare …

The effects of stocking density and distances on electroencephalographic changes and cortisol as welfare indicators in Brahman crossbred cattle

AA Abubakar, I Zulkifli, YM Goh, U Kaka, AB Sabow… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current study investigated the effects of stocking density and distances
on electroencephalographic changes and cortisol as welfare indicators in Brahman …

Electroencephalographic, physiologic and behavioural responses during cervical dislocation euthanasia in turkeys

E Hernandez, F James, S Torrey, T Widowski… - BMC veterinary …, 2019 - Springer
Background There is a critical need to develop appropriate on-farm euthanasia methods for
poultry species. Euthanasia methods should affect the brain first causing insensibility …