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The effect of water-spraying bacon weight pigs in lairage on behaviour and carcase quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

C.M. Weeding ,
H.J. Guise ,
E.J. Hunter  and
R.H.C. Penny
C.M. Weeding
Affiliation:
Cambac JMA Research Limited, Unit 4, Wards Farm, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 ORB.
H.J. Guise
Affiliation:
Cambac JMA Research Limited, Unit 4, Wards Farm, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 ORB.
E.J. Hunter
Affiliation:
Cambac JMA Research Limited, Unit 4, Wards Farm, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 ORB.
R.H.C. Penny
Affiliation:
Cambac JMA Research Limited, Unit 4, Wards Farm, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 ORB.
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Handling pigs with care before slaughter is beneficial for both animal welfare and meat quality. Water showering pigs in lalrage prior to slaughter is considered to calm pigs, improve meat quality and reduce slaughter line contamination (Logtestijn, Corstiaensen and Kruijf, 1977; Smulders, Romme, Kruijf, Eikelenboom and Corstiaensen, 1982). The objective of this experiment was to investigate whether water-spraying pigs, in the lairage of a commercial abattoir, reduced the amount of fighting and if it improved meat quality.

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Meat quality
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 2
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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