Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request from the Commission on the Animal Welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals

Algers, Bo; Blokhuis, Harry; Broom, DMB; Costa, P; Domingo, M; Greiner, M; Guemene, D; Hartung, J; Koenen, F; Muller-Graf, C; Morton, DB; Osterhaus, A; Pfeiffer, DU; Roberts, R; Sanaa, M; Salman, M; Sharp, JM; Vannier, P; Wierup, Martin; Wooldridge, M

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2007.610

Research article2007Peer reviewedOpen access

Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request from the Commission on the Animal Welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals

Algers, Bo; Blokhuis, Harry; Broom, DMB; Costa, P; Domingo, M; Greiner, M; Guemene, D; Hartung, J; Koenen, F; Muller-Graf, C; Morton, DB; Osterhaus, A; Pfeiffer, DU; Roberts, R; Sanaa, M; Salman, M; Sharp, JM; Vannier, P; Wierup, Martin; Wooldridge, M

Keywords

seal welfare; stunning; killing; bleeding; skinning; seal hunting; consciousness; unconsciousness

Published in

EFSA Journal
2007, volume: 5, number: 12, article number: 610
Publisher: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

SLU Authors

Algers, Bo
- Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Blokhuis, Harry
- Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wierup, Martin
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2007.610

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/17017