Pre-slaughter stress mitigation in goats: prospects and challenges

• Main Authors: Kumar, Pavan, Abubakar, Ahmed Abubakar, Ahmed, Muideen Adewale, Hayat, Muhammad Nizam, Kaka, Ubedullah, Pateiro, Mirian, Sazili, Awis Qurni, Hoffman, Louwrens C., Lorenzo, Jose M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109095/; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0309174022002789

Over the years, the handling of goats (loading, transport, unloading, time spent in lairage) prior to slaughter as well as the slaughter process (stunning, and bleeding) has largely applied to other livestock which impairs the wellbeing of goats as well as their products due to the difference in b...