Pre-slaughter handling, animal welfare and meat quality

• Grant number: 13/24504-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: February 11, 2014
• End date: March 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Ecology of Domestic Animals and Ethology
• Principal Investigator: Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa
• Grantee: Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa
• Visiting researcher: Neville George Gregory
• Visiting researcher institution: University of London, England
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Prof. Neville Gregory is acknowledge as a world's leading authority on the subject of animal welfare applied to pre-slaughter management and meat quality. This proposal aims to have Prof. Gregory as a visiting professor at FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal, where he will be engaged in some of our research projects, besides offering opportunities for students and researchers from other institutions to discuss their ongoing projects. He will also be responsible for delivering classes for graduate students and lectures in other institutions. We also expect, with his visit, to consolidate the fields of Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare at FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal campus. (AU)