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Prevalence of carcass bruises as an indicator of welfare in beef cattle and the relation to the economic impact

The objective of this work was to characterize bruises in bovine carcasses in Uruguay and to evaluate the economic impact. Thirteen abattoirs were visited during 2 years and bruises were identified, classified, and quantified by zone and degree (depth and size). One hundred carcasses were separated...

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Autores principales: Huertas, Stella M., van Eerdenburg, Frank, Gil, Andrés, Piaggio, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.2