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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Tacuarembó.
Fecha corriente: | 19/05/2021
Fecha de la última actualización: | 19/05/2021
Autoria: | DEL CAMPO, M.; SOARES DE LIMA, J.M.; BRITO, G.; MANTECA, X.; HERNÁNDEZ, P.; MONTOSSI, F.
Afiliación: | MARCIA DEL CAMPO GIGENA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; JUAN MANUEL SOARES DE LIMA LAPETINA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; GUSTAVO WALTER BRITO DIAZ, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; XAVIER MANTECA, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain; PILAR HERNÁNDEZ, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; FABIO MARCELO MONTOSSI PORCHILE, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay.
Título: | Effect of finishing diet and lairage time on steers welfare in Uruguay.
Año de publicación: | 2021
Fuente/Imprenta: | Animals 2021, v. 11, no. 5, 1329. OPEN ACCESS. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051329
DOI: | 10.3390/ani11051329
Idioma: | Inglés

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Article history: Received: 6 April 2021; Accepted: 24 April 2021; Published: 7 May 2021. Acknowledgments: M. del Campo wishes to thank AECID (Spain) for the financial support of her
doctoral studies in Spain.  Correspondence: mdelcampo@inia.org.uy

Contenido: | Simple Summary: The transport and general handling of slaughter animals are associated with a series of events that cause stressful and unfavorable conditions that can compromise animal welfare. All these stressful events start at the farm and end with the death of the animal. In this experiment, we evaluated the effect of two finishing strategies and two contrasting lairage times through the combination of several indicators regarding productivity, physiology, behavior and postmortem variables. Individual temperaments and their impact on welfare and carcass quality were also considered. Animal welfare was not compromised in any diet during the finishing period. Individual temperament had a positive impact on the productivity and on all physiological indicators at different preslaughter stages. For that reason, we consider that it should be given paramount importance when talking about animal welfare. According to our results, with pasture-based animals, without fasting on the farm and after a short time of transportation (3.5 h), a longer preslaughter resting time (15 vs. 3 h) is desirable from the animal welfare perspective. Furthermore, our results suggest that this longer resting period, would also be more convenient from the carcass quality perspective.
Palabras-Clave: | LAIRAGE TIME; STRESS RESPONSE; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSPORT IN CATTLE.
Categoría del tema: | L01 Ganadería

URL:

http://www.ainfo.inia.uy/digital/bitstream/item/15630/1/del-Campo-Marcia-animals-11-01329-Lairage-Time.pdf
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1329

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