Swine welfare at slaughterhouses in valle de aburrá (colombia)...measures.It was found that electric prods are often used for moving pigs to lairage pens and to stunning area, the animals remain in lairage pens in too high stocking densities and also some signs related to inadequate loss of consciousness during stunning were shown....
Omissions in the disinfection of a craft-slaughterhouse... The following surfaces were sampled: meat carving knife, meat hooks, floor of the stunning area, and corridor floor....
Causes for variation in pork quality... The same counts for fighting in the resting pen of the slaughter house and the pig's behaviour in the stunning area....
A study of preslaughter pig handling and stunning in selected south african highveld region abattoirs... The nature of animal behaviour in the pens, in the passages and when going into the stunning area was directly related to the pig handling efficiency and to the nature and extent of design and maintenance problems with equipment....
