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Table 3 Overview of previous studies on the effect of increasing LT on cortisol

From: Effect of lairage time prior to slaughter on stress in pigs: a path analysis

Reference

LT

Cortisol

Additional information

Zhen et al., 2013 [24]

0 h, 3 h, 8 h, 24 h

more stressful

Dokmanović et al., 2014 [6]

8 min-2.7 h, 14-21.5 h

more stressful

Dokmanović et al., 2017 [7]

1 h, 24 h

more stressful

Salajpal et al., 2005 [25]

2 h, 24 h

-

Gispert et al., 2000 [41]

< 3 h, 3–9 h, > 9 h

more stressful

  1. ↑: means that cortisol increased as the LT increased, ↔: means that no differences are observed. LT: lairage time