Slaughter, lairage and handling

Publications

Grandin, T. and Cockram, M. 2020. The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.

  • Cockram, M. 2020. Welfare issues at slaughter. In: The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare. Edited by T. Grandin and M. Cockram. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. 5-34.
  • Cockram, M. 2020. Condition of animals on arrival at the abattoir and their management during lairage.  In: The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare. Edited by T. Grandin and M. Cockram. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. 49-77.
  • Grandin, T. and Cockram, M. 2020. The use of abattoir data to provide information on the welfare of livestock and poultry on the farm and during transport. In: The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare. Edited by T. Grandin and M. Cockram. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. 245-278
  • Cockram, M. 2020. Approaches to legislation and enforcement to minimize welfare issues at slaughter. In: The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare. Edited by T. Grandin and M. Cockram. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. 279-297.

Cockram, M.S., Shaw, D.J., Milne, E.M., Bryce, R., McClean, C. and Daniels, M.J. 2011 Comparison of effects of different methods of culling red deer (Cervus elaphus) by shooting on behaviour and post-mortem measurements of blood chemistry, muscle glycogen and carcase characteristics. Animal Welfare 20: 211-224.

Abeyesinghe, S.M., Goddard, P.J. and Cockram, M.S. 1997. The behavioural and physiological responses of farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) penned adjacent to other species. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 55: 163-175.

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.

Jarvis, A.M. and Cockram, M.S. 1995. Some factors affecting resting behaviour of sheep in slaughterhouse lairages after transport from farms. Animal Welfare 4:53-60.

Gordon, G.D.H. and Cockram, M.S.1995. A comparison of wooden slats and straw bedding on the behaviour of sheep. Animal Welfare 4:131-134.

Kim, F.B., Jackson, R.E., Gordon, G.D.H. and Cockram, M.S. 1994. Resting behaviour of sheep in a slaughterhouse lairage. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 40:45-54.

Cockram, M.S. and Lee, R.A. 1991. Some preslaughter factors affecting the occurrence of bruising in sheep. British Veterinary Journal 147:120-125.

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. and Velarde, A. 2022. Sheep. In: Preslaughter Handling and Slaughter of Meat Animals. Edited by L. Faucitano. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 267-310.