Beef Cattle

Cockram, M.S. and Spence, J.Y. 2012. The effects of driving events on the stability and resting behaviour of cattle, young calves and pigs. Animal Welfare 21: 403-417.

Jarvis, A.M., Harrington, D.W.J. and Cockram, M.S. 1996. Effect of source and lairage on some behavioural and biochemical measurements of feed restriction and dehydration in cattle at a slaughterhouse. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 50: 83-94.

Jarvis, A.M., Messer, C.D.A. and Cockram, M.S.1996. Handling, bruising and dehydration of cattle at the time of slaughter. Animal Welfare 5:259-270.

Jarvis, A.M., Selkirk, L. and Cockram, M.S. 1995. The influence of source, sex class and pre-slaughter handling on the bruising of cattle at two slaughterhouses. Livestock Production Science 43:215-224.

Cockram, M.S. 1991. Resting behaviour of cattle in a slaughterhouse lairage. British Veterinary Journal 147:109-119.

Cockram, M.S. and Corley, K.T.T.1991. Effect of pre-slaughter handling on the behaviour and blood composition of beef-cattle. British Veterinary Journal 147:444-454.

Cockram, M.S. 1990. Some factors influencing behaviour of cattle in a slaughterhouse lairage. Animal Production 50:475-481.

Cockram, M.S. 2017. Understanding the effects of handling, transportation, lairage and slaughter on cattle welfare and beef quality. In: Ensuring Safety and Quality in the Production of Beef Volume 2; Quality. Edited by M. Dikeman. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK. P135-179.

Cockram, M.S., 2024. Cattle handling stress and transportation. In: Dikeman, M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences III, vol. 1. Elsevier, pp. 666–674. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85125-1.00033-8.

Careful Driving and Animal Welfare. The effect of driver behaviour on the behaviour of livestock in-transit. Training video for drivers of livestock vehicles based on DEFRA funded research project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQ3Etj9K5I