Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries

• Published in: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Gíslína Skúladóttir, Clare Joan Phythian, Ingrid Hunter Holmøy, Guro Myhrene, Karin Alvåsen, Adam Dunstan Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Animal hygiene; Cattle; Mortality; On farm emergency slaughter; Slaughter; Veterinary medicine; SF600-1100; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00627-0; https://doaj.org/article/12678e10dcca4028b6a34f5e9c02b7bf

Abstract On farm mortality is an increasing problem in cattle production systems in the Nordic countries. It represents an economic loss to the farmer and raises questions of sustainability, food waste and animal welfare. On-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) represents, in some situations, an opportun...