https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 The foraging ecology of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna Pacifica) in the tropical Western Indian Ocean https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31348 Wed 13 Mar 2024 11:29:23 SAST ]]> The management of extralimital giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis) in the mosaic thicket of Southern Cape, South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10749 Wed 12 May 2021 19:53:20 SAST ]]> The management of chacma baboons and humans in a peri-urban environment: a case study from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's George Campus https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:20812 Thu 13 May 2021 06:21:20 SAST ]]> Avoidance-related behaviour, bleeding times and the quality of meat from sheep slaughtered at a commercial and a municipal abattoir https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11818 12months) and breeds were used. From the commercial abattoir, 90 castrates and 110 ewes were used, while 66 castrates and 19 ewes were obtained from the municipal abattoir. Meat samples were obtained to determine meat colour, ultimate pH, temperature, cooking loss and tenderness. Correlations between bleeding times and meat quality variables were also determined. The two abattoirs differed in terms of technology and the procedures used, and this brought about different response behaviours in sheep at slaughter, bleeding times at exsanguination and the quality of meat produced. Animal-related factors (breed, gender and age classes) had no effect on the avoidance-related behaviour of sheep slaughtered at the commercial abattoir, while these factors affected those sheep slaughtered at the municipal abattoir. These factors also had an effect on the quality of meat produced at both abattoirs. Gender and weight of the animals had effects on the bleeding times at exsanguination at both abattoirs. Bleeding times did no correlate with any of the meat quality variables, but correlations among meat quality variables were observed. Avoidance-related behaviour, bleeding times, and the quality of mutton from sheep slaughtered at a commercial and a municipal abattoir was affected by breed, age, and gender.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 04:49:31 SAST ]]>