Table B.1.

Search string used for a literature search on the reasons for slaughtering pregnant animals in Europe

Search terms	Field searched
(((Cull* OR kill* OR slaughter* OR abattoir*) NEAR (pregnan* OR gestat*)))	Title
AND
((Livestock* OR ((Farm OR farms OR farmed OR farming) NEAR/3 animal*) OR ruminant* OR cattle OR bovin* OR cow OR cows OR calf OR calves OR heifer* OR “Bos Taurus” OR (dairy NEAR/1 (herd* OR breed*)) OR weaner* OR yearling* OR stirk OR stirks OR springer* OR feeder* OR beef* OR swine OR (sus NEAR/1 (scrofa OR domestica OR domesticus)) OR pork OR porks OR porcine OR suidae OR pig OR pigs OR piglet* OR “sow” OR “sows” OR gilt OR gilts OR equidae* OR equus OR horse OR horses OR equine* OR yearling* OR mare OR mares OR pony OR ponies OR filly OR fillies OR ass OR asses OR mule OR mules OR donkey* OR ovis OR ovine* OR ewe OR ewes OR lamb OR lambs OR sheep* OR mouflon* OR hogget* OR ram OR rams OR tup OR tups OR Goat OR goats OR capra OR capras OR caprin* OR dam OR dams))	Title
AND
(reason* OR choice* OR decision* OR attitude* OR judgment* OR ethic* OR survey OR surveys OR questionnaire* OR Respondent*)	Topic