Animal Health & Welfare

Handling Systems

Eldridge, G.A. (1982). Handling and transport of meat animals in relation to efficiency, meat quality and welfare. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production, 14: 116-119.

FAIR Project: Improving Hide and Skin Quality, 1999. Newsletter No.2: Raw Material Problems and Statistics. BCL Leather Technology Centre, Northampton, UK.

Grandin, T. (1990). The design of loading facilities and holding pens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 28: 187-201.

Grandin, T. (1997). The design and construction of facilities for handling cattle. Livestock Production Science, 49:103-119.

HSE. (1986). Agriculture Black Spot. A Study of Fatal Accidents. Health and Safety Executive. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 40pp.

McNally, P.W. and Warriss, P.D. (1996). Recent bruising in cattle at abertoirs. Veterinary Record, 140: 231-232.

Simm, G. (1998). Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep. CAB International Publishing, Wallingford, UK. ISBN 0 85199 642 6

Weeks, C.A., McNally, P.W. and Warriss, P.D. (2002). Influence of the design of facilities at auction markets and animal handling procedures on bruising in cattle. Veterinary Record, 150: 743-748.

Castration

Cottrell, D.F. and Molony, V. (1995). Afferent activity in the superior spermatic nerve of lambs: the effects of application of rubber castration rings. Veterinary Research Communication, 19: 503-515

Kent, J.E., Molony, V. and Robertson, I.S. (1995). Comparison of Burdizzo and rubber ring methods of castration and tail docking of lambs. Veterinary Record, 136:192

Molony, V., Kent, J.E. and Robertoson, I.S. (1995). Assessment of acute  and chronic pain after different methods of castration of calves. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 46: 33-48

Molony, V. and Kent, J.E. (1997). Assessment of acute pain in farm animals using behavioural and physiological measurements. Journal of Animal Science, 75: 226-272

Thornton, P.D. and Waterman-Pearson, A.E. (1999). Quantification of the pain and distress responses to castration in young lambs. Research in Veterinary Science, 66: 107-18

Dehorning

Haley, C.S., Williams, J., Woolliams, J. and Visscher, P. 1996. 'Gene mapping and its place in livestock improvement'. British Cattle Breeders' Digest No.51, pp.5-15

Simm, G. (1998). Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep. CAB International Publishing, Wallingford, UK. ISBN 0 85199 642 6