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Evidence of zoonotic leprosy in Pará, Brazilian Amazon, and risks associated with human contact or consumption of armadillos
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) is a human pathogen and the causative agent for leprosy, a chronic disease characterized by lesions of the skin and peripheral nerve damage. Zoonotic transmission of M. leprae to humans by ... -
Economic advantages of good animal welfare
Careful, quiet handling of livestock by trained people in good facilities will reduce bruising and help maintain meat quality. -
Distress in animals : is it fear, pain or physical stress?
Both fear and pain can cause suffering. When pain is being studied, experiments must be designed to separate the variable of fear from the variable of pain. Some investigators claim that a sharp cut off line exists between ... -
Grandin Livestock Handling Systems, Inc.
This report summarizes improvements in handling and stunning of beef cattle. It.compares data collected in 1996 for the USDA by Grandin Livestock Handling Systems to data collected during 1999. The data collected during ... -
Corporations can be agents of great improvements in animal welfare and food safety and the need for minimum decent standards
In 1996 Dr. Grandin conducted a survey for the USDA in handling and stunning practices in 24 federally inspected plants in 10 different states. Ten beef packing plants were surveyed. Out of these 10 plants only 3 of them ... -
Effect of rearing environment and environmental enrichment on the behavior of neural development of young pigs
Summary of Temple Grandin's doctoral dissertation from University of Illinois, 1989. -
Preventing crippled and non-ambulatory animals
The emphasis must be on preventing animals from becoming nonambulatory. Producers are urged to market livestock while they are still in good physical condition. Many animals become non-ambulatory when they become weak and ... -
Electro-immobilization is NOT a humane method of restraint
The use of electricity to immobilize and paralyze animals to hold them still is very aversive and bad for animal welfare. Electro-immobilization must not be confused with electric stunning. When electric stunning is correctly ... -
Basic causes of animal welfare problems
Proper livestock handling is extremely important to meat packers for obvious ethical reasons. Once livestock arrive at packing plants, proper handling procedures are not only important for the animal's well-being, but can ... -
Animal welfare in slaughter plants
There are five basic causes of animal welfare problems in slaughter plants: 1. Poorly designed or improper stunning and handling equipment; 2. Distractions which impede animal movement, such as sparkling reflections on a ... -
Model code for "Constraining nucleation, condensation, and chemistry in oxidation flow reactors using size-distribution measurements and aerosol microphysical modelling"
Oxidation flow reactors (OFRs) allow the concentration of a given atmospheric oxidant to be increased beyond ambient levels in order to study secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and aging over varying periods of ...
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