Pre-slaughter effects on bleed-out times and some behavioural and physiological responses of Nguni and non-descript steers
The effect of loading, transportation, lairage and slaughter conditions on bleed-out times, behavioural and physiological responses of Nguni and non-descript steers reared extensively on natural pastures was investigated. Twenty Nguni (NG) and 20 non-descript (ND) steers were loaded and transported…