Cortisol Determination in Blood Serum as Stress Indicator in Beef Cattle that are Slaughtered With or Without Stunning

Authors

  • Hadri Latif Departemen of Animal Diaseases and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis, Kampus IPB Darmaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia
  • Koekoeh Santoso Departemen Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis, Kampus IPB Darmaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia
  • Trioso Purnawarman Departemen of Animal Diaseases and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis, Kampus IPB Darmaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia
  • Chairul Basri Departemen of Animal Diaseases and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis, Kampus IPB Darmaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia
  • Herwin Pisestyani Departemen of Animal Diaseases and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis, Kampus IPB Darmaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia

Keywords:

cortisol, slaughter, beef cattle, stress.

Abstract

Cortisol concentration in blood serum can be made as an indirect indicator to measure the level of stress in cattle. Cattle can experience stress when faced with something frightening and uncomfortable, such as rough handling before slaughter. The aim of this research is to assess the stress level of beef cattle by measuring the cortisol concentration in blood serum of beef cattle with various methods of slaughter, either preceded or not preceded with stunning. To determine cortisol in blood serum of beef cattle, radioimmunoassay (RIA) was used in this research. This research was conducted in 8 (eight) slaughterhouses in West Java Province and Banten with a sample size of 82 samples.

The research was carried out by 4 methods of treatment before slaughter,

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2017-02-02

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Latif, H., Santoso, K., Purnawarman, T., Basri, C., & Pisestyani, H. (2017). Cortisol Determination in Blood Serum as Stress Indicator in Beef Cattle that are Slaughtered With or Without Stunning. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 31(2), 178–182. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/6807

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2017)

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