Man has the moral obligation to respect all animals and also to safeguard animals which are destined for slaughter from unnecessary suffering. Each country should establish regulations to secure humane conditions of slaughter for the various animal species. Unloading, lairaging, moving, stunning and bleeding of animals are all important for animal welfare; training and sensitivity of personnel ...

This paper focuses on the safety of broiler meat, and especially on the presence of Salmonella on the meat. In the past, numerous researchers studied the factors affecting Salmonella colonisation of broilers, Salmonella transfer in the slaughterhouse, Salmonella transfer in the consumer home, etc. Nevertheless, it is unclear how the Salmonella risk to the consumer is reduced most (cost) effecti...

Abattoirs are imperative surveillance points for early detection, monitoring and disease control along the meat supply chain. However, their function in this regard has remained underdeveloped Nigeria even midst of pre-disposing factors spread. In view this, a descriptive study on status Ikpa slaughterhouse, Nsukka provision physical facilities competency workers adequate inspection, good hygie...

Investigating the Effect of Replacing Soybean Meal with Poultry Slaughterhouse Waste Mixed Rice Bran and Urea on Performance, Blood Rumen Parameters Fattening Lambs

Meat traceability is important for linking process and quality parameters from the individual meat cuts back to the production data from the farmer that produced the animal. Current tracking systems rely on physical tagging, which is too intrusive for individual meat cuts in a slaughterhouse environment. In this article, we demonstrate a computer vision system for recognizing meat cuts at diffe...

Outbreaks of Q fever are rare in the UK. In 2006, the largest outbreak of Q fever in Scotland occurred at a co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant with 110 cases. Preliminary investigations pointed to the sheep lairage being the potential source of exposure to the infective agent. A retrospective cohort study was carried out among workers along with environmental sampling to guide public h...

The facility location problem described in this paper comes from an industrial application in the slaughterhouse industry of Norway. Investigations show that the slaughterhouse industry experiences economies of scale in the production facilities. We examine a location-allocation problem focusing on the location of slaughterhouses, their size and the allocation of animals in the different farmin...