Ital J Food Safety
 2018
DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2018.7053
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Noise assessment in slaughterhouses by means of a smartphone app

Maria Francesca Iulietto
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Paola Sechi
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Clelia Mansi Gaudenzi
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Abstract: Regulation (EC) No. 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing establishes an obligation to spare animals any avoidable suffering or stress prior to their slaughter. Although it has been pointed out that stressors also include noise, which can cause suffering and affect the quality of the meat, current legislation does not set a limit for environmental noise in slaughterhouses. This study was conducted in three slaughterhouses in central Italy to assess the environmental acoustic level using… Show more

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“…This knowledge gap may represent a significant opportunity for future studies, especially considering that the acoustic environment in slaughterhouses can have an impact on animal welfare. Evidence of this are the studies presented by [60,90] who observed handling resistance behaviors associated with noise from a noisy truck near the facility and documented sound intensity levels of up to 100 dB that could affect both animal and staff welfare.…”
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“…Research on dairy cattle and on broiler chickens each account for 14% of the total. The specific case of the multi-category study corresponds to the combination of swine and beef cattle in a slaughterhouse investigation conducted by [60]. Another relevant aspect is the type of facility where the studies were conducted.…”
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“…On the other hand, in broiler and dairy cattle, only between 17% and 20% of the studies were conducted in experimental facilities, which could limit the direct application of the results found. Also, in this review, only the study by [60] was found for commercial beef cattle facilities.…”
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“…Similarly, several authors report using professional calibrators such as the Brüel & Kjær 4238 and the Norsonic AS 1251 to check levels before data collection [60,61,71,72,75,78,82]. However, many papers do not describe their calibration procedures.…”
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