Pre-slaughter handling of reindeer bulls {Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) — effects on technological and sensory meat quality, blood metabolites and muscular and abomasal lesions

Forty-one reindeer bulls (age 1 1/2 years) were subjected to different pre-slaughter treatments: herding for a short distance to a grazing corral, selection by use of a lasso, lorry transport and helicopter herding for 1, 2 and 3 days respectively. As control, 9 reindeer were shot without previous h...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Authors: Wiklund, E., Malmfors, G., Lundström, K., Rehbinder, C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1204
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.3.1204