Selection of publications

 Velarde, A.; Rodriguez, P; Fuentes, C.; Llonch, P.; Holleben, K.v.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Anil, H.; Miele, M.; Cenci Goga, B; Lambooij, B.; Zivotofsky, A.; Gregory, N.; Bergeaud-Blackler, F.; Dalmau; A. (2010): Improving Animal Welfare during Religious Slaughter Recommendations for Good Practice. http://www.dialrel.eu/images/recom-light.pdf

Holleben, K.v.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Gregory, N.; Anil, H.; Velarde, A.; Rodriguez, P.; Cenci Goga, B.; Catanese B.; Lambooij, B. (2010): Animal welfare concerns in relation to slaughter practices from the viewpoint of veterinary sciences. Dialrel-deliverable 1.3, http://www.dialrel.eu/images/veterinary-concerns.pdf

Wenzlawowicz, M.v. (2010): "Reversible (head-only) electrical stunning" - Method and experience. in: Caspar J. et Luy J. [ed.] Animal Welfare at Religious Slaughter - The Ethics Workshops of the DIALREL Project. Bd. 6 der Reihe >Das Recht der Tiere und der Landwirtschaft<. NOMOS Baden-Baden, ISBN 978-3-8329-4898-6, http://library.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/resources/global/contents/3745267/Luy_DIALREL.pdf , 243- 245

Holleben, K.v. (2010): Obligatory stunning prior to cut with exemption for particular "methods" of slaughter required by certain religious rites - Unwanted effects of an exemption without quantitative limitation to the market demand: example Belgium and France. in:
Caspar J. et Luy J. [ed.] Animal Welfare at Religious Slaughter - The Ethics Workshops of the DIALREL Project. Bd. 6 der Reihe >Das Recht der Tiere und der Landwirtschaft<. NOMOS Baden-Baden, ISBN 978-3-8329-4898-6, http://library.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/resources/global/contents/3745267/Luy_DIALREL.pdf , 227- 231

Gregory, N.G.; Fielding, H.R.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v. (2010): Time to collapse following slaughter without stunning in cattle. Meat Science 85, 66-69

Holleben, K.v.; Henke, S.; Schmidt, T. (2009): Effect of transport time up to 8 hours on physiological and biochemical stress indicators and resulting carcass and meat quality in cattle – an integrated approach. Book of Abstracts No. 15 (2009) of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain, 24-27 August 2009, page 249, ISBN 978-90-8686-121-7, ISSN 1382-6077. Wageningen Academic Publishers, http://www.eaap.org/Previous_Annual_Meetings/2009Barcelona/Book_Abstracts.pdf, 249 (presentation see http://www.eaap.org/Previous_Annual_Meetings/2009Barcelona/Papers/23_Holleben.pdf)

Wenzlawowicz, M.v. (2009): Stun quality and its assessment – quality control measures. In Algers, B. Blokhuis, H. and Keeling, L. [ed.] Animal welfare at slaughter and killing for disease control purposes – emerging issues and good examples. Swedish university of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Environment and Health, Section of Animal Hygiene, Report 22. ISSN 1652-2885, 42-47

Gregory, N.G.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v. (2009): Blood in the respiratory tract during slaughter with and without stunning in cattle. Meat Science 82, 13-16

Holleben, K.v. (2009): Intelligent prevention of fail stunning – Interpreting clinical symptoms correctly during stunning and bleeding out. Fleischwirtschaft Int. 2/2009, 26-30

Gregory, N.G., Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Alam, R.M.; Anil, H.M.; Yesildere, T.; Silva-Fletcher, A. (2008): False aneurysms in carotid arteries of cattle and water buffalo during shechita and halal slaughter. Meat Science 79, 285-288

Holleben, K.v. (2007): Handling and restraining issues for the most important species. EU-Commission DG Sanco: Training workshop on animal welfare concerning the stunning and killing of animals at slaughterhouses and in disease control situation Croatia, Zagreb 15.-19. october 2007, http://www.sancotraining.izs.it/news_corso03/training%20aid/16%20October%202007/von%20Holleben.pdf

Holleben, K.v.; Calkara, Y. (2007) , Halal ist nicht gleich betäubungslos geschlachtet [“Halal” is not necessarily “slaughter without stunning”]. Fleischwirtschaft 87, 11/2007, 8-10

Wenzlawowicz, M.v. (2006): Practical tools for animal welfare assessment in the slaughterhouse. In: European Commission: Animal Welfare in Chile and the EU: Shared Experiences and Future Objectives, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2006 — 165 pp. — 21 x 29.7 cm, ISBN 92-79-00890-0 (http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/seminars/sem_0905_proceedings.pdf), 117-122

International Symposium “Animal Welfare at ritual slaughter” held in Berlin in April 2005, which gave an overview of the restraint and stunning methods used for ritual slaughter around the world (scientific concept by bsi), reader in german and English (http://library.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/pd/files/2005/global/87/Tierschutz_rituelle_Schlachtung.pdf)

Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v. (2005): Evaluation of animal welfare during Controlled Atmosphere Stunning (CAS) of broilers under practical conditions. Proceedings of the 77th European Symposium on Poultry welfare (WPSA Working group Poultry Welfare) 15.-19. June 2005, Lubmin Agricultural University, Poland

Holleben, K.v.; Henke, S.; Hohmann, M.; Schmidt, T.; Hartung, J (2004): Improvements for cattle transport - responsibilities of the farmer: Effects of pre-transport and loading conditions on behaviour at loading, biochemical stress indicators and carcass/ meat quality. AgEng 2004 Conference Engineering the Future, September 12 – 16, 2004 Leuven, Belgium, Book of Abstracts Part 1, ISBN 90-76019-258, 506-507 (full paper on CD: Session15\082-Holleben.pdf)

Holleben, K.v.; Schütte, A.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Bostelmann, N. (2002): Call for veterinary action in slaughterhouses, Deficient welfare at CO2-stunning of pigs and captive bolt stunning of cattle. Fleischwirtsch. Int. 3/02 8-10

Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v. (2001): Assessment of stunning effectiveness according to the present scientific knowledge on electrical stunning of poultry in a waterbath. Arch. Geflügelk. 65 (6), 193-198, ISSN 0003-9098. Verlag Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart

Barton Gade, P.; Holleben, K.v.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v. (2001): Animal welfare and Controlled Atmosphere Stunning (CAS) of poultry using mixtures of carbon dioxide and oxygen, Report of a Symposium held in Oldenburg,, Germany on 4 December 2000. World’s Poultry Science Journal, Vol. 57, June 2001, 189-200

Wenzlawowicz, M.v; Schütte, A.; Holleben, K.v.; Altrock, A.v. Bostelmann, N.; Roeb, S. (1999): Field-study on welfare and meat quality aspects of the Midas-pig-stunning device with Inarco System, Part I: Current characteristics and stunning effectiveness. Fleischwirtsch. Int. 2/99, 8-13 Part II: Preliminary factors of strain and meat quality. Fleischwirtsch. Int. 3/99, 22-25

Holleben, K. v.; Wenzlawowicz, M.v. (1999): Humane killing of animals on the farm. [Tierschutzgerechtes Toten von Tieren in landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben.] DTW: Dtsch. tierarztl. Wschr 106, 163-165, ISSN: 0341-6593

Holleben, K.v. (1996): Fixation of cattle and pigs for stunning - practical and welfare relevant issues [Praktische und tierschutzrelevante Aspekte der Fixierung von Rindern und Schweinen zur Betäubung]. Proceedings of a symposium of the German Veterinary Medical Society e.V. (DVG) ‘Töten von Tieren und Kennzeichnung von Tieren’, 14.-15. März 1996 in Nürtingen, ISBN 3-930511-27-4, 44-52

Holleben, K.v. (1996): Applied Animal Welfare at slaughter houses. DTW: Dtsch. tierärztl. Wschr. 103, 55-58

Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v.; Mickwitz, G.v. (1996): Comparative investigation of meat quality in pigs by measuring pH, conductivity and meat colour 42 - 45 minutes post mortem in consideration of preliminary factors of strain, carcass weight and lean meat percentage. Fleischwirtsch. 76 (3), 301-307

Wenzlawowicz, M.v.; Holleben, K.v.; Briese, A.; Heuking, G.L. (1994): Animal welfare at slaughterhouses. Berl. Munch. Tierarztl. Wschr. 107, 237-244

Dr. Karen von Holleben
Dr. Martin von Wenzlawowicz
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